How common is the surname Baca?

28,082 people in the United States had the surname Baca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,994 Americans. It ranked 1,249th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Baca?

Elfego Baca, American sheriff (1865-1945), followed by Joe Baca.

Where is the surname Baca most common?

Wikidata records people named Baca in the United States.

Is the surname Baca getting more or less common?

More common. 24,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,082 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Baca

A surname, carried by 28,082 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baca is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 28,082 people named Baca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,994 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,572.

#1,249

rank among US surnames

28,082

people in 2010

9.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,316)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,240	Ma	28,452	10,851
#1,241	Madison	28,411	10,867
#1,242	Childs	28,359	10,887
#1,243	Belcher	28,321	10,902
#1,244	Wills	28,219	10,941
#1,245	Womack	28,201	10,948
#1,246	Dye	28,182	10,955

Who is named Baca

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

80% of people named Baca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Bacas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elfego Baca
American sheriff (1865-1945)
Joe Baca
American politician, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Baca

Baca has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

Where does the surname Baca come from?: Possibly from ancestral grant of Spanish nobility, Cabeza de vaca (indicated with the skull of a cow on the coat of arms).
How common is the surname Baca?: 28,082 people in the United States had the surname Baca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,994 Americans. It ranked 1,249th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baca?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Baca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Baca?: Elfego Baca, American sheriff (1865-1945), followed by Joe Baca.
Where is the surname Baca most common?: Wikidata records people named Baca in the United States.
Is the surname Baca getting more or less common?: More common. 24,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,082 in 2010, up 14%.