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    The surname Bacha

    An occupational surname, carried by 779 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bacha is more common than 81.4% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Slovak, Czech and Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Bača (“senior shepherd”); see Baca. * As a Hungarian surname, Americanized from Bacsa, from the placename Baksa, probably also influenced by the above. * As an Islamic surname, from a French-influenced form of Basha (also see Pasha).

    Bacha is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 779 people named Bacha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 396,336 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 683.

    #30,101
    rank among US surnames
    779
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #31,924)

    Who is named Bacha

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

    81% of people named Bacha identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bachas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Julia Bacha
      Brazilian film director, born 1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bacha

    Bacha 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 Bacha come from?
    * As a Slovak, Czech and Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Bača (“senior shepherd”); see Baca. * As a Hungarian surname, Americanized from Bacsa, from the placename Baksa, probably also influenced by the above. * As an Islamic surname, from a French-influenced form of Basha (also see Pasha).
    How common is the surname Bacha?
    779 people in the United States had the surname Bacha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 396,336 Americans. It ranked 30,101st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bacha?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Bacha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Bacha?
    Julia Bacha, Brazilian film director.
    Where is the surname Bacha most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bacha in Brazil.
    What type of surname is Bacha?
    Bacha is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bacha getting more or less common?
    More common. 683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 779 in 2010, up 14%.