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    The surname Baugh

    A surname, carried by 12,543 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /bɔː/ 1 syllable Soundex B200

    Baugh: #2,873 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Baugh #2,873, 12,543 people Baugh: #2,873 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baugh #2,873, 12,543 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baugh is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,543 people named Baugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,615 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,152.

    #2,873
    rank among US surnames
    12,543
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,721)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,864Longo12,59424,515
    #2,865Orlando12,58624,531
    #2,867Trammell12,58224,539
    #2,868Guinn12,57724,548
    #2,869Will12,57524,552
    #2,870Muse12,57124,560
    #2,871Clancy12,55624,589

    Who is named Baugh

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

    75% of people named Baugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Baughs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sammy Baugh
      American football player, coach (1914-2008)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baugh

    Baugh has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Baugh?
    12,543 people in the United States had the surname Baugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,615 Americans. It ranked 2,873rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baugh?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Baugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Baugh?
    Sammy Baugh, American football player, coach (1914-2008).
    Where is the surname Baugh most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baugh in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Baugh?
    Baugh is /bɔː/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Baugh getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,543 in 2010, up 3.2%.