# Baum (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baum/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,334 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,230 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,902 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (16,109 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Baum.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baum in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baum in the United States.

## People named Baum

- L. Frank Baum, American author of children's books (1856–1919)
- Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (1888–1960)
- William Wakefield Baum, American Catholic cardinal (1926–2015)
- Stefi Baum, American astronomer
- Johnny Baum, American basketball player
- Martin E. Brooks, American actor (1925–2015)

## Similar surnames

Beam, Baham, Banu, Bowen, Boone, Bean, Bain, Bueno, Bunn, Bone, Boehm, Bahena.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.