How common is the surname Bare?

7,291 people in the United States had the surname Bare in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,346 Americans. It ranked 4,836th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bare?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bare identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bare?

Bobby Bare, American country singer, followed by Richard L. Bare.

Where is the surname Bare most common?

Wikidata records people named Bare in the United States.

Is the surname Bare getting more or less common?

More common. 6,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,291 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Bare

A surname, carried by 7,291 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bare is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,291 people named Bare in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,346 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,724.

#4,836

rank among US surnames

7,291

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,833	Nelms	7,303	42,277
#4,834	Lindgren	7,300	42,294
#4,835	Tibbs	7,294	42,329
#4,836	Bare	7,291	42,346

Who is named Bare

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

91% of people named Bare identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bares

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Bare
American country singer, born 1935
Richard L. Bare
American film and television director (1913–2015)
Bobby Bare, Jr.
American musician, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bare

Bare 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 Bare?: 7,291 people in the United States had the surname Bare in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,346 Americans. It ranked 4,836th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bare?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bare identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bare?: Bobby Bare, American country singer, followed by Richard L. Bare.
Where is the surname Bare most common?: Wikidata records people named Bare in the United States.
Is the surname Bare getting more or less common?: More common. 6,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,291 in 2010, up 8.4%.