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    The surname Bachelor

    A surname, carried by 1,186 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B246

    Bachelor: #21,895 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bachelor #21,895, 1,186 people Bachelor: #21,895 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bachelor #21,895, 1,186 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bachelor is more common than 86.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,186 people named Bachelor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,204.

    #21,895
    rank among US surnames
    1,186
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,484)

    Who is named Bachelor

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

    77% of people named Bachelor identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bachelors

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stephanie Bachelor
      American actress (1912-1996)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bachelor

    Bachelor has the Soundex code B246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B246.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bachelor?
    1,186 people in the United States had the surname Bachelor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bachelor?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Bachelor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bachelor?
    Stephanie Bachelor, American actress (1912-1996).
    Where is the surname Bachelor most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bachelor in the United States.
    Is the surname Bachelor getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, down 1.5%.