How common is the surname Bacon?

29,860 people in the United States had the surname Bacon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,340 Americans. It ranked 1,181st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bacon?

Kevin Bacon, American actor (born 1958), followed by Lloyd Bacon.

Where is the surname Bacon most common?

Wikidata records people named Bacon in the United States.

How do you pronounce Bacon?

Bacon is /ˈbeɪ.kən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bacon getting more or less common?

More common. 29,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,860 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Bacon

A surname, carried by 29,860 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbeɪ.kən/ 2 syllables Soundex B250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bacon is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

* 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”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,860 people named Bacon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,340 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,312.

#1,181

rank among US surnames

29,860

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,094)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,172	Crowe	29,953	10,308
#1,173	Goldstein	29,938	10,313
#1,174	England	29,926	10,317
#1,175	Pereira	29,898	10,327
#1,176	Ly	29,891	10,329
#1,177	Joyner	29,884	10,331
#1,178	Richter	29,880	10,333

Who is named Bacon

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

75% of people named Bacon identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bacons

25 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Bacon
American actor (born 1958)
Lloyd Bacon
Actor, director (1889-1955)
Sosie Bacon
American actress, born 1992
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, born 1996
Don Bacon
American politician (born 1963)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bacon

Bacon has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

Questions

Where does the surname Bacon come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Bacon?: 29,860 people in the United States had the surname Bacon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,340 Americans. It ranked 1,181st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bacon?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Bacon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bacon?: Kevin Bacon, American actor (born 1958), followed by Lloyd Bacon.
Where is the surname Bacon most common?: Wikidata records people named Bacon in the United States.
How do you pronounce Bacon?: Bacon is /ˈbeɪ.kən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bacon getting more or less common?: More common. 29,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,860 in 2010, up 1.9%.