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    The surname Bagshaw

    An English place surname, carried by 992 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B200

    Bagshaw: #25,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bagshaw #25,037, 992 people Bagshaw: #25,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bagshaw #25,037, 992 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bagshaw is more common than 84.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word *bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 992 people named Bagshaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 311,235 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 921.

    #25,037
    rank among US surnames
    992
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #25,242)

    Who is named Bagshaw

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

    93% of people named Bagshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as two or more races and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bagshaw

    Bagshaw has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bagshaw come from?
    From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word *bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).
    How common is the surname Bagshaw?
    992 people in the United States had the surname Bagshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 311,235 Americans. It ranked 25,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bagshaw?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bagshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Bagshaw?
    Bagshaw is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bagshaw getting more or less common?
    More common. 921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 992 in 2010, up 7.7%.