How common is the surname Bach?

11,999 people in the United States had the surname Bach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,731 Americans. It ranked 2,986th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bach?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Bach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Bach?

Richard Bach, American spiritual writer (born 1936), followed by Barbara Bach.

Where is the surname Bach most common?

Wikidata records people named Bach in the United States, Austria–Hungary and Mexico and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Bach?

Bach is /bɑːx/, one syllable.

Is the surname Bach getting more or less common?

More common. 11,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,999 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Bach

A German surname, carried by 11,999 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɑːx/ 1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bach is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,999 people named Bach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,731 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,375.

#2,986

rank among US surnames

11,999

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,897)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,977	Carlin	12,035	25,654
#2,978	Kimbrough	12,034	25,656
#2,979	Low	12,032	25,660
#2,981	Landrum	12,026	25,673
#2,982	Champagne	12,023	25,680
#2,984	Dyson	12,017	25,692
#2,985	Jett	12,008	25,712

Who is named Bach

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

85% of people named Bach identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bachs

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Bach
American spiritual writer (born 1936)
Barbara Bach
American actress, born 1946
Catherine Bach
Actress, born 1954
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, born 1979
Jillian Bach
American actress, born 1973
Michael Bach
American rower, born 1960
Johnny Bach
American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1924-2016)

Notable Bachs come mostly from the United States (7), Austria–Hungary (1) and Mexico (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bach

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bach come from?: From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.
How common is the surname Bach?: 11,999 people in the United States had the surname Bach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,731 Americans. It ranked 2,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bach?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Bach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Bach?: Richard Bach, American spiritual writer (born 1936), followed by Barbara Bach.
Where is the surname Bach most common?: Wikidata records people named Bach in the United States, Austria–Hungary and Mexico and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Bach?: Bach is /bɑːx/, one syllable.
Is the surname Bach getting more or less common?: More common. 11,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,999 in 2010, up 5.5%.