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    The surname Badour

    A place surname, carried by 538 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B360

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

    Origin

    Two possible origins: * A surname of French origin, from an altered form of Bédard, from a variant of Old French baudour (“joy, boldness”), or, alternatively, a habitational surname from a small village in Corrèze. * Variant of Badr, a surname of Arabic origin.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 538 people named Badour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 496.

    #40,610
    rank among US surnames
    538
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #41,382)

    Who is named Badour

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

    94% of people named Badour identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Badour

    Badour has the Soundex code B360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B360.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Badour come from?
    Two possible origins: * A surname of French origin, from an altered form of Bédard, from a variant of Old French baudour (“joy, boldness”), or, alternatively, a habitational surname from a small village in Corrèze. * Variant of Badr, a surname of Arabic origin.
    How common is the surname Badour?
    538 people in the United States had the surname Badour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. It ranked 40,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Badour?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Badour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Badour?
    Badour is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Badour getting more or less common?
    More common. 496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 538 in 2010, up 8.5%.