How common is the surname Bacher?

1,994 people in the United States had the surname Bacher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. It ranked 14,854th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bacher?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bacher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bacher?

Robert Bacher, American nuclear physicist (1905–2004), followed by Felix Bacher.

Where is the surname Bacher most common?

Wikidata records people named Bacher in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Bacher getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,994 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Bacher

A surname, carried by 1,994 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bacher is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,994 people named Bacher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,995.

#14,854

rank among US surnames

1,994

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,885)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,848	Aslam	1,995	154,760
#14,854	Knights	1,994	154,837
#14,862	Werts	1,993	154,915

Who is named Bacher

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

92% of people named Bacher identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bachers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Bacher
American nuclear physicist (1905–2004)
Felix Bacher
Austrian association football player (2000-)
Sandra Bacher
American amateur wrestler, born 1968
Rudolf Bacher
Austrian painter and sculptor (1862-1945)

Notable Bachers come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bacher

Bacher has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Questions

How common is the surname Bacher?: 1,994 people in the United States had the surname Bacher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. It ranked 14,854th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bacher?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bacher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bacher?: Robert Bacher, American nuclear physicist (1905–2004), followed by Felix Bacher.
Where is the surname Bacher most common?: Wikidata records people named Bacher in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Bacher getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,994 in 2010, down 0.1%.