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    The surname Bau

    A German surname, carried by 593 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B000

    Bau: #37,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bau #37,544, 593 people Bau: #37,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bau #37,544, 593 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bau is more common than 76.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bau, perhaps a short form of compounds with this element, such as Bauhofer or Baumann. * Borrowed from French Bau, perhaps a variant of Beau. * Variant of Bao, a surname of Chinese origin.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 593 people named Bau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 467.

    #37,544
    rank among US surnames
    593
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27%
    change since 2000 (was #43,546)

    Who is named Bau

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

    61% of people named Bau identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bau

    Bau has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bau come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bau, perhaps a short form of compounds with this element, such as Bauhofer or Baumann. * Borrowed from French Bau, perhaps a variant of Beau. * Variant of Bao, a surname of Chinese origin.
    How common is the surname Bau?
    593 people in the United States had the surname Bau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. It ranked 37,544th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bau?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Bau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Bau getting more or less common?
    More common. 467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 593 in 2010, up 27%.