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    The surname Babineaux

    A French surname, carried by 2,814 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B152

    Babineaux: #11,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Babineaux #11,229, 2,814 people Babineaux: #11,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Babineaux #11,229, 2,814 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Babineaux is more common than 93.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,814 people named Babineaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,718 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,669.

    #11,229
    rank among US surnames
    2,814
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,941)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,225Wolfgang2,817109,601
    #11,226Rohrbach2,816109,640
    #11,228Killinger2,815109,679
    #11,229Berthiaume2,814109,718
    #11,236Walkup2,813109,757

    Who is named Babineaux

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

    59% of people named Babineaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Babineaux

    Babineaux has the Soundex code B152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B152.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Babineaux come from?
    Babineaux is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Babineaux?
    2,814 people in the United States had the surname Babineaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,718 Americans. It ranked 11,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Babineaux?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Babineaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Babineaux getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,814 in 2010, up 5.4%.