How common is the surname Badman?

539 people in the United States had the surname Badman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. It ranked 40,554th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Badman getting more or less common?

Less common. 569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 539 in 2010, down 5.3%.

The surname Badman

An occupational surname, carried by 539 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B355

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Badman is more common than 75% of them.

Origin

English occupational surname for the servant of someone called Badd or Batt, but possibly, in some cases, a nickname for a reprobate, from bad + man.

Badman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 539 people named Badman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 569.

#40,554

rank among US surnames

539

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-5.3%

change since 2000 (was #36,956)

Who is named Badman

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

93% of people named Badman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Badman

Badman has the Soundex code B355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B355.

Questions

Where does the surname Badman come from?: English occupational surname for the servant of someone called Badd or Batt, but possibly, in some cases, a nickname for a reprobate, from bad + man.
How common is the surname Badman?: 539 people in the United States had the surname Badman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. It ranked 40,554th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Badman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Badman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
What type of surname is Badman?: Badman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Badman getting more or less common?: Less common. 569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 539 in 2010, down 5.3%.