How common is the surname Baber?

5,474 people in the United States had the surname Baber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,402 Americans. It ranked 6,244th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Baber?

Zonia Baber, American geologist, geographer, researcher and university teacher, followed by Alice Baber.

Where is the surname Baber most common?

Wikidata records people named Baber in the United States.

Is the surname Baber getting more or less common?

More common. 5,446 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,474 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Baber

A surname, carried by 5,474 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baber is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,474 people named Baber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,402 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,446.

#6,244

rank among US surnames

5,474

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,815)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,240	Ruano	5,478	56,361
#6,241	Soler	5,477	56,371
#6,242	Lenhart	5,476	56,382
#6,244	Baber	5,474	56,402

Who is named Baber

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

79% of people named Baber identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Babers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zonia Baber
American geologist, geographer, researcher and university teacher, 1862–1956
Alice Baber
American painter and activist (1928-1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Baber

Bober

Baber has the Soundex code B160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B160.

Questions

How common is the surname Baber?: 5,474 people in the United States had the surname Baber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,402 Americans. It ranked 6,244th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baber?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Baber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Baber?: Zonia Baber, American geologist, geographer, researcher and university teacher, followed by Alice Baber.
Where is the surname Baber most common?: Wikidata records people named Baber in the United States.
Is the surname Baber getting more or less common?: More common. 5,446 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,474 in 2010, up 0.5%.