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    The surname Baggett

    A surname, carried by 12,717 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B230

    Baggett: #2,833 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Baggett #2,833, 12,717 people Baggett: #2,833 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baggett #2,833, 12,717 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baggett is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,717 people named Baggett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,278 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,586.

    #2,833
    rank among US surnames
    12,717
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,639)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,824Main12,77624,166
    #2,825Tavares12,76624,185
    #2,826Barone12,75824,200
    #2,828Rees12,75424,208
    #2,829Pedraza12,74824,219
    #2,830Crisp12,74124,232
    #2,831Gillette12,72424,265

    Who is named Baggett

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

    86% of people named Baggett identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Baggetts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Owen J. Baggett
      American Air Force officer (1920-2006)
    • Alley Baggett
      American glamour model, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baggett

    Baggett has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Baggett?
    12,717 people in the United States had the surname Baggett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,278 Americans. It ranked 2,833rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baggett?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Baggett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Baggett?
    Owen J. Baggett, American Air Force officer (1920-2006), followed by Alley Baggett.
    Where is the surname Baggett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baggett in the United States.
    Is the surname Baggett getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,717 in 2010, up 1.0%.