# Bach (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,999 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,986 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,731 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (11,375 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɑːx/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bach 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 11% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bach in the United States, Austria–Hungary, Mexico and Austria.

## People named Bach

- Richard Bach, American spiritual writer (born 1936)
- Barbara Bach, American actress
- Catherine Bach, actress
- Baron Alexander von Bach, Austrian politician (1813-1893)
- Christian Bach, Argentine-born Mexican actress (1959-2019)
- Maria Bach, Austrian musician, composer and artist (1896-1978)
- Howard Bach, badminton player
- Jillian Bach, American actress
- Michael Bach, American rower
- Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1924-2016)

## Similar surnames

Beach, Beachy, Bash, Buch, Bauch, Bache, Bacha, Boch, Baca, Baugh, Back, Baksh.

## 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.