How common is the surname Baba?

1,727 people in the United States had the surname Baba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Baba?

In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Baba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Baba getting more or less common?

More common. 1,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Baba

A surname, carried by 1,727 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baba is more common than 89.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,727 people named Baba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,516.

#16,601

rank among US surnames

1,727

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+13.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,214)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,593	Bruneau	1,728	178,672
#16,601	Rapier	1,727	178,776

Who is named Baba

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

49% of people named Baba identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Asian and Pacific Islander 33%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 3.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baba

Baba has the Soundex code B100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B100.

Questions

How common is the surname Baba?: 1,727 people in the United States had the surname Baba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baba?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Baba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Baba getting more or less common?: More common. 1,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, up 14%.