# Baca (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baca/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 28,082 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,249 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,994 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (24,572 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Possibly from ancestral grant of Spanish nobility, Cabeza de vaca (indicated with the skull of a cow on the coat of arms).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baca in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 80% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baca in the United States.

## People named Baca

- Elfego Baca, American sheriff (1865-1945)
- Joe Baca, American politician

## Similar surnames

Back, Bach, Baeza, Bajwa, Basco, Baas, Basch, Basa, Bauch, Bache, Baza, Bacha.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.