How common is the surname Baucom?

4,696 people in the United States had the surname Baucom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,746 Americans. It ranked 7,124th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Baucom getting more or less common?

More common. 4,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,696 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Baucom

A surname, carried by 4,696 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baucom is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,696 people named Baucom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,746 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,360.

#7,124

rank among US surnames

4,696

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,119	Bible	4,700	65,691
#7,120	Dilworth	4,699	65,705
#7,123	Bowler	4,698	65,719
#7,124	Baucom	4,696	65,746
#7,126	Menefee	4,695	65,760

Who is named Baucom

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

89% of people named Baucom identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baucom

Baucom has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

Questions

How common is the surname Baucom?: 4,696 people in the United States had the surname Baucom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,746 Americans. It ranked 7,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baucom?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Baucom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Baucom getting more or less common?: More common. 4,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,696 in 2010, up 7.7%.