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    The surname Baum

    A German surname, carried by 16,334 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baum is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Baum.

    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 16,334 people named Baum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,902 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,109.

    #2,230
    rank among US surnames
    16,334
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,060)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,221Whiting16,41818,805
    #2,222Chadwick16,41518,809
    #2,223Adler16,41218,812
    #2,224Barney16,40418,821
    #2,225Ontiveros16,38218,847
    #2,226Ring16,38118,848
    #2,227Rider16,35218,881

    Who is named Baum

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

    94% of people named Baum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Baums

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1958
    • Johnny Baum
      American basketball player, born 1946
    • Martin E. Brooks
      American actor (1925–2015)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baum

    Baum has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baum come from?
    Borrowed from German Baum.
    How common is the surname Baum?
    16,334 people in the United States had the surname Baum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,902 Americans. It ranked 2,230th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baum?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Baum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Baum?
    L. Frank Baum, American author of children's books (1856–1919), followed by Vicki Baum.
    Where is the surname Baum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baum in the United States.
    Is the surname Baum getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,334 in 2010, up 1.4%.