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