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    The surname Bail

    A surname, carried by 14,957 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bail is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,957 people named Bail in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,642 Americans. That is up 1195% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,155.

    #2,421
    rank among US surnames
    14,957
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1195%
    change since 2000 (was #21,176)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,412Beckman15,04520,521
    #2,414Ruth15,01220,567
    #2,415Starkey15,00420,578
    #2,416Lind14,99020,597
    #2,417Waggoner14,98320,606
    #2,418Gannon14,98120,609
    #2,419Meek14,97020,624

    Who is named Bail

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

    82% of people named Bail identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bail

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bail?
    14,957 people in the United States had the surname Bail in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,642 Americans. It ranked 2,421st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bail?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Bail identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bail getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,957 in 2010, up 1195%.