How common is the surname Baer?

16,587 people in the United States had the surname Baer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,614 Americans. It ranked 2,192nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Baer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Baer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Baer?

Karl Ernst von Baer, Baltic German scientist (1792-1876), followed by Max Baer.

Where is the surname Baer most common?

Wikidata records people named Baer in the United States and the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Baer getting more or less common?

More common. 16,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,587 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Baer

A German surname, carried by 16,587 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baer is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,587 people named Baer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,614 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,165.

#2,192

rank among US surnames

16,587

people in 2010

5.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,052)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,183	Schulte	16,658	18,534
#2,184	Conroy	16,651	18,542
#2,185	Hooker	16,646	18,548
#2,186	Thayer	16,625	18,571
#2,187	Gage	16,614	18,583
#2,188	Nevarez	16,607	18,591
#2,189	Alaniz	16,596	18,604

Who is named Baer

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

95% of people named Baer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Ernst von Baer
Baltic German scientist (1792-1876)
Max Baer
American boxer (1909–1959)
Buddy Baer
American boxer (1915–1986)
Robert Baer
American CIA case officer and author, born 1952
Jo Baer
American painter (1929–2025)
Max Baer, Jr.
American film and television actor, producer and director, born 1937
Parley Baer
American actor (1914-2002)
William Jacob Baer
American artist (1860-1941)

Notable Baers come mostly from the United States (7) and the Russian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baer

Baer has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Baer come from?: Baer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Baer?: 16,587 people in the United States had the surname Baer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,614 Americans. It ranked 2,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Baer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Baer?: Karl Ernst von Baer, Baltic German scientist (1792-1876), followed by Max Baer.
Where is the surname Baer most common?: Wikidata records people named Baer in the United States and the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Baer getting more or less common?: More common. 16,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,587 in 2010, up 2.6%.