# Baez (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baez/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,298 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,121 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,865 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (22,512 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbaɪ.ɛz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baez in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baez in the United States, Argentina, Nicaragua and Cuba.

## People named Baez

- Joan Baez, American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
- Sebastián Báez, Argentine tennis player (born 2000)
- John C. Baez, American mathematician and mathematical physicist
- Albert Báez, American physicist (1912-2007)
- Silvio José Báez Ortega, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua
- Danys Báez, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Baeza, Boaz, Bazzi, Baize, Baze, Baza, Baz, Baek, Bayes, Beck, Bush, Bass.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.