How common is the surname Baney?

2,553 people in the United States had the surname Baney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,934 Americans. It ranked 12,199th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Baney getting more or less common?

More common. 2,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,553 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Baney

A surname, carried by 2,553 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baney is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,553 people named Baney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,934 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,481.

#12,199

rank among US surnames

2,553

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,605)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840
#12,198	Moro	2,554	120,887
#12,199	Baney	2,553	120,934
#12,204	Stimson	2,552	120,982
#12,208	Getchell	2,551	121,029

Who is named Baney

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

92% of people named Baney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baney

Baney has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

Questions

How common is the surname Baney?: 2,553 people in the United States had the surname Baney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,934 Americans. It ranked 12,199th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baney?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Baney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Baney getting more or less common?: More common. 2,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,553 in 2010, up 2.9%.