# Bacon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bacon/  
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) | 29,860 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,181 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,340 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (29,312 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbeɪ.kən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and French surname, from the noun bacon. * Also as an English, French, and Norman surname, from the Germanic personal name *Bahho, from Proto-Germanic *bēganą (“to fight”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bacon 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bacon in the United States.

## People named Bacon

- Kevin Bacon, American actor (born 1958)
- Lloyd Bacon, actor, director (1889-1955)
- Sosie Bacon, American actress
- Robert Bacon, American diplomat, secretary of state, ambassador to France, etc. (1860-1919)
- Charles Bacon, American athlete (1885–1968)
- Dwayne Bacon, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Lucy Bacon, American artist (1857-1932)
- Delia Bacon, American author best known for her work on Shakespearean authorship (1811–1859)
- Irving Bacon, American character actor (1893-1965)
- Henry Bacon, American architect (1866–1924)
- Sarah Bacon, American diver
- Don Bacon, American politician (born 1963)

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Beason, Baucom, Bascom, Boykin, Begum, Beckham, Basham, Bazan, Bogan, Baskin, Beeson, Bigham.

## 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.