How common is the surname Baier?

5,238 people in the United States had the surname Baier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,943 Americans. It ranked 6,482nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Baier?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Baier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Baier?

Bret Baier, American journalist, host of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel, followed by Walter Baier.

Where is the surname Baier most common?

Wikidata records people named Baier in the United States, Austria and Brazil.

Is the surname Baier getting more or less common?

More common. 4,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,238 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Baier

A surname, carried by 5,238 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baier is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,238 people named Baier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,943 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,959.

#6,482

rank among US surnames

5,238

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,326)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,476	Uhl	5,244	58,876
#6,479	Flory	5,243	58,887
#6,480	Esteban	5,240	58,921
#6,482	Baier	5,238	58,943
#6,483	Child	5,237	58,955
#6,484	Broom	5,236	58,966

Who is named Baier

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

95% of people named Baier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baiers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bret Baier
American journalist, host of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel, born 1970
Walter Baier
Austrian politician and editor (born 1954)
Paulo Baier
Brazilian footballer, born 1914

Notable Baiers come mostly from the United States (1), Austria (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baier

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

Questions

How common is the surname Baier?: 5,238 people in the United States had the surname Baier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,943 Americans. It ranked 6,482nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baier?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Baier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Baier?: Bret Baier, American journalist, host of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel, followed by Walter Baier.
Where is the surname Baier most common?: Wikidata records people named Baier in the United States, Austria and Brazil.
Is the surname Baier getting more or less common?: More common. 4,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,238 in 2010, up 5.6%.