How common is the surname Bahl?

1,871 people in the United States had the surname Bahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. It ranked 15,615th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bahl?

In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Bahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Bahl getting more or less common?

More common. 1,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,871 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Bahl

A Sanskrit surname, carried by 1,871 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bahl is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Sanskrit origin

* As an Indian (Punjabi) surname: Khatri and Sikh name from Sanskrit बहल (bahala, “strong, intense”). * As a north/Low German surname, from an old Germanic personal name Baldo, shortened from various names containing the element *balþ (“bold”). * As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Lower Sorbian and Polish Bal, itself shortened from Bałcar (an adaptation of Baltazar) or Baltyn) (an adaption of Valentine).

One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,871 people named Bahl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,581.

#15,615

rank among US surnames

1,871

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,673)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,606	Pines	1,873	164,840
#15,611	Giesler	1,872	164,928
#15,615	Stockstill	1,871	165,016

Who is named Bahl

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

69% of people named Bahl identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Asian and Pacific Islander 27%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

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

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Surnames that sound like Bahl

Bahl has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Other Sanskrit surnames

All 24 Sanskrit surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bahl come from?: * As an Indian (Punjabi) surname: Khatri and Sikh name from Sanskrit बहल (bahala, “strong, intense”). * As a north/Low German surname, from an old Germanic personal name Baldo, shortened from various names containing the element *balþ (“bold”). * As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Lower Sorbian…
How common is the surname Bahl?: 1,871 people in the United States had the surname Bahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. It ranked 15,615th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bahl?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Bahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Bahl getting more or less common?: More common. 1,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,871 in 2010, up 18%.