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The surname Baughn

A surname, carried by 2,299 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B250

Baughn: #13,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Baughn #13,267, 2,299 people Baughn: #13,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baughn #13,267, 2,299 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baughn is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,299 people named Baughn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,296 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,252.

#13,267
rank among US surnames
2,299
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+2.1%
change since 2000 (was #12,611)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,259Hershman2,302134,121
#13,263Franko2,301134,179
#13,264Paull2,300134,237
#13,267Norby2,299134,296
#13,271Rodden2,298134,354

Who is named Baughn

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

89% of people named Baughn identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baughn

Baughn 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 Baughn?
2,299 people in the United States had the surname Baughn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,296 Americans. It ranked 13,267th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baughn?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Baughn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Baughn getting more or less common?
More common. 2,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,299 in 2010, up 2.1%.