How common is the surname Badger?

7,987 people in the United States had the surname Badger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,656 Americans. It ranked 4,442nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Badger?

Clarence G. Badger, American film director (1880–1964), followed by George Edmund Badger.

Where is the surname Badger most common?

Wikidata records people named Badger in the United States.

How do you pronounce Badger?

Badger is /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Badger getting more or less common?

More common. 7,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,987 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Badger

An English place surname, carried by 7,987 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex B326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Badger is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English *Bæcg (“a personal name”) + ofer (“hill spur”). The name of the town in Newfoundland likely derives from the surname of one of its first inhabitants.

Badger is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,987 people named Badger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,656 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,620.

#4,442

rank among US surnames

7,987

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,308)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,433	Sledge	8,019	38,502
#4,434	Ta	8,017	38,511
#4,435	Pulley	8,007	38,559
#4,436	Lacroix	8,003	38,579
#4,437	Goncalves	8,000	38,593
#4,438	Tremblay	7,996	38,612
#4,439	Tanaka	7,994	38,622

Who is named Badger

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

77% of people named Badger identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Badgers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clarence G. Badger
American film director (1880–1964)
George Edmund Badger
American Secretary of the Navy and senator for North Carolina (1795-1866)
Charlotte Badger
Australian pirate, 1778–1900
Pat Badger
American musician, born 1967
Oscar C. Badger II
American naval officer; United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1890-1958)
Clarissa Munger Badger
American botanical artist (1806–1889)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Badger

Boger

Badger has the Soundex code B326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B326.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Badger come from?: From Old English *Bæcg (“a personal name”) + ofer (“hill spur”). The name of the town in Newfoundland likely derives from the surname of one of its first inhabitants.
How common is the surname Badger?: 7,987 people in the United States had the surname Badger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,656 Americans. It ranked 4,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Badger?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Badger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Badger?: Clarence G. Badger, American film director (1880–1964), followed by George Edmund Badger.
Where is the surname Badger most common?: Wikidata records people named Badger in the United States.
How do you pronounce Badger?: Badger is /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Badger?: Badger is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Badger getting more or less common?: More common. 7,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,987 in 2010, up 4.8%.