How common is the surname Bath?

2,945 people in the United States had the surname Bath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,837 Americans. It ranked 10,815th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bath?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Bath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Bath?

Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and inventor (1942-2019).

Where is the surname Bath most common?

Wikidata records people named Bath in the United States.

Is the surname Bath getting more or less common?

More common. 2,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,945 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Bath

An English surname, carried by 2,945 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bæθ/ 1 syllable Soundex B300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bath is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,945 people named Bath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,837 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,742.

#10,815

rank among US surnames

2,945

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,808	Hoskinson	2,948	104,731
#10,809	Horak	2,947	104,766
#10,812	Romain	2,946	104,802
#10,815	Kloss	2,945	104,837
#10,819	Oldenburg	2,944	104,873
#10,822	Sanon	2,943	104,908

Who is named Bath

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

78% of people named Bath identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patricia Bath
American ophthalmologist and inventor (1942-2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bath

Bath has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bath come from?: From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.
How common is the surname Bath?: 2,945 people in the United States had the surname Bath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,837 Americans. It ranked 10,815th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bath?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Bath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Bath?: Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and inventor (1942-2019).
Where is the surname Bath most common?: Wikidata records people named Bath in the United States.
How do you pronounce Bath?: Bath is /bæθ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Bath getting more or less common?: More common. 2,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,945 in 2010, up 7.4%.