How common is the surname Baron?

16,308 people in the United States had the surname Baron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,932 Americans. It ranked 2,234th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Baron?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Baron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Baron?

Joey Baron, American avant-garde jazz drummer, followed by Billy Baron.

Where is the surname Baron most common?

Wikidata records people named Baron in the United States, South Africa and Belgium and 1 other country.

Is the surname Baron getting more or less common?

More common. 15,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,308 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Baron

A French surname, carried by 16,308 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baron is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

* As a French, English, Jewish, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Czech, German, Spanish (Barón), Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, and Breton surname, all from the noun baron. Compare Barron, Lebaron. * Also as a French surname, from several places in France Le Baron. * As an Italian (Veneto) surname, variant of Barone. * Also as a Czech surname (Baroň), from a pet form of Bartoloměj. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin; see Barnes. * General Slavic surname: Anglicization of Polish Baran (“Aries”), Ukrainian Баран (Baran), etc.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,308 people named Baron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,932 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,464.

#2,234

rank among US surnames

16,308

people in 2010

5.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,152)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,225	Ontiveros	16,382	18,847
#2,226	Ring	16,381	18,848
#2,227	Rider	16,352	18,881
#2,228	Joiner	16,349	18,885
#2,229	Goldsmith	16,346	18,888
#2,230	Baum	16,334	18,902
#2,231	Ruffin	16,324	18,914

Who is named Baron

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

81% of people named Baron identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barons

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joey Baron
American avant-garde jazz drummer, born 1955
Billy Baron
American basketball player (born 1990)
Salo Wittmayer Baron
American historian (1895–1989)
Sandy Baron
American actor (1937–2001)
Martin Baron
American journalist, born 1954
Emile Baron
Association footballer, born 1979
Théodore Baron
Belgian painter (1840-1899)
Britt Baron
American actress, born 1991
Jimmy Baron
American basketball player (born 1986)
Hannelore Baron
Artist (1926–1987)

Notable Barons come mostly from the United States (7), South Africa (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baron

Baron has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Baron come from?: * As a French, English, Jewish, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Czech, German, Spanish (Barón), Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, and Breton surname, all from the noun baron. Compare Barron, Lebaron. * Also as a French surname, from several places in France Le Baron. * As an Italian (Veneto) surname, variant of…
How common is the surname Baron?: 16,308 people in the United States had the surname Baron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,932 Americans. It ranked 2,234th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baron?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Baron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Baron?: Joey Baron, American avant-garde jazz drummer, followed by Billy Baron.
Where is the surname Baron most common?: Wikidata records people named Baron in the United States, South Africa and Belgium and 1 other country.
Is the surname Baron getting more or less common?: More common. 15,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,308 in 2010, up 5.5%.