# Bache (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bache/  
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) | 935 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 330,209 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (919 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach. * As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus. * Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bache 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bache in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Bache

- Alexander Dallas Bache, American scientist (1806-1867)
- Francis Edward Bache, British composer and pianist (1833–1858)
- Jules Bache, American banker, art collector and philanthropist (1861-1944)
- Richard Bache, American businessman and Postmaster General

## Similar surnames

Beach, Bach, Beachy, Bash, Bauch, Bacha, Baca, Back, Bausch, Baze, Basch, Busche.

## 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.