How common is the surname Bachelder?

1,736 people in the United States had the surname Bachelder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,849 Americans. It ranked 16,536th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bachelder?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bachelder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bachelder?

Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (1908–1997).

Where is the surname Bachelder most common?

Wikidata records people named Bachelder in the United States.

Is the surname Bachelder getting more or less common?

More common. 1,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,736 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Bachelder

A surname, carried by 1,736 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B243

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bachelder is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,736 people named Bachelder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,849 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,706.

#16,536

rank among US surnames

1,736

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,720)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,534	Cluck	1,737	177,746
#16,536	Divito	1,736	177,849
#16,544	Mian	1,735	177,951

Who is named Bachelder

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

93% of people named Bachelder identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bachelders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Myrtle Bachelder
American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (1908–1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bachelder

Batchelder

Bachelder has the Soundex code B243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B243.

Questions

How common is the surname Bachelder?: 1,736 people in the United States had the surname Bachelder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,849 Americans. It ranked 16,536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bachelder?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bachelder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bachelder?: Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (1908–1997).
Where is the surname Bachelder most common?: Wikidata records people named Bachelder in the United States.
Is the surname Bachelder getting more or less common?: More common. 1,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,736 in 2010, up 1.8%.