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    The surname Babin

    A surname, carried by 6,426 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B150

    Babin: #5,415 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Babin #5,415, 6,426 people Babin: #5,415 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Babin #5,415, 6,426 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Babin is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,426 people named Babin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,046 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,210.

    #5,415
    rank among US surnames
    6,426
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,173)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,407Marker6,43847,957
    #5,408Krantz6,43647,972
    #5,410Groth6,43447,987
    #5,411Yepez6,43347,994
    #5,412Chevalier6,43148,009
    #5,413Ritz6,43048,016
    #5,414Fell6,42948,024

    Who is named Babin

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

    91% of people named Babin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Babins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lucas Babin
      American actor, born 1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Babin

    Babin has the Soundex code B150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B150.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Babin?
    6,426 people in the United States had the surname Babin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,046 Americans. It ranked 5,415th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Babin?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Babin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Babin?
    Lucas Babin, American actor.
    Where is the surname Babin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Babin in the United States.
    Is the surname Babin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,426 in 2010, up 3.5%.