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    The surname Bailer

    A surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B460

    Bailer: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bailer #40,672, 537 people Bailer: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bailer #40,672, 537 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bailer is more common than 74.9% of them.

    Origin

    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bailer, a variant of Beiler. * A variant of the English surname Baylor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 537 people named Bailer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 621.

    #40,672
    rank among US surnames
    537
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.5%
    change since 2000 (was #34,503)

    Who is named Bailer

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

    85% of people named Bailer identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    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 Bailer

    Bailer has the Soundex code B460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B460.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bailer come from?
    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bailer, a variant of Beiler. * A variant of the English surname Baylor.
    How common is the surname Bailer?
    537 people in the United States had the surname Bailer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bailer?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Bailer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bailer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, down 14%.