The surname Babu
A surname, carried by 1,496 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B100
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,496 people named Babu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,381 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 861.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #18,474 | Longnecker | 1,497 | 206,243 |
| #18,478 | Melnyk | 1,496 | 206,381 |
| #18,486 | Newhall | 1,495 | 206,519 |
Who is named Babu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Babu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Babu 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 Babu?
- 1,496 people in the United States had the surname Babu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,381 Americans. It ranked 18,478th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Babu?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Babu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Babu getting more or less common?
- More common. 861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,496 in 2010, up 74%.