Bako (name)
# Bako (name)

Bako is both a surname and a given name. The accented Bakó is the Hungarian name of the Romanian city of Bacău. Bakó is also a Hungarian surname.

Notable people with the name include:

## Bako

Surname:

* Brigitte Bako (born 1967), Canadian actress
* Ibrahim Bako (1943–1983), Nigerian senior officer in the Nigerian Army
* Ishaya Bako (born 1986), Nigerian film director and screenwriter
* Jarosław Bako (born 1964), Polish footballer
* Muhammadu Bako III (born 1972), Emir of New Karshi in Nigeria North Central State of Nasarawa and a former career federal civil servant
* Paul Bako (born 1972), American baseball player
* Sadissou Bako (born 1976), Cameroonian footballer
* Tisan Bako, Nigerian radio personality and presenter
* Yakubu Bako, Nigerian governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
* Yolanda Bako (born 1946), American feminist and activist against domestic violence

Middle name

* Dahiru Bako Gassol (born 1954), Nigerian Senator for the Taraba Central Senatorial District of Taraba State, Nigeria
* Nassirou Bako Arifari (born 1962), Beninese politician, academician, government minister
* Simon Bako Lalong (born 1963), Nigerian lawyer and politician, Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria

Given name:

* Bako Dagnon (1948/1953–2015), Malian griot singer
* Bako Ratsifa (born 1964), Malagasy swimmer
* Bako Sahakyan (born 1959), president of Artsakh
* Bako Touré (1939–2001), Malian footballer

Nickname:

* Bako (footballer), the nickname of Lebanese footballer Abou Bakr Al-Mel

## Bakó

* László Bakó (1872–1928), Hungarian actor
* Pál Bakó (born 1946), Hungarian former modern pentathlete
* Zoltán Bakó (born 1951), Hungarian sprint canoeist
