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    The surname Babb

    A surname, carried by 12,794 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B100

    Babb: #2,820 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Babb #2,820, 12,794 people Babb: #2,820 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Babb #2,820, 12,794 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Babb is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,794 people named Babb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,132 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 12,726.

    #2,820
    rank among US surnames
    12,794
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,609)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,811Gilchrist12,82524,074
    #2,812Cardoza12,82424,076
    #2,813Andres12,82124,081
    #2,814Willingham12,81824,087
    #2,815Ragland12,81624,091
    #2,816Aiken12,81224,098
    #2,817Caron12,81024,102

    Who is named Babb

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

    82% of people named Babb identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Babbs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chris Babb
      American basketball player (born 1990)
    • Nick Weiler-Babb
      American basketball player, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Babb

    Babb 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 Babb?
    12,794 people in the United States had the surname Babb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,132 Americans. It ranked 2,820th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Babb?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Babb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Babb?
    Chris Babb, American basketball player (born 1990), followed by Nick Weiler-Babb.
    Where is the surname Babb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Babb in the United States.
    Is the surname Babb getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,726 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,794 in 2010, up 0.5%.