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    The surname Bauman

    A surname, carried by 17,641 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B550

    Bauman: #2,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Bauman #2,040, 17,641 people Bauman: #2,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bauman #2,040, 17,641 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bauman is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,641 people named Bauman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,502 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,328.

    #2,040
    rank among US surnames
    17,641
    people in 2010
    6.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,904)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,031Eason17,71417,429
    #2,032Keene17,71117,432
    #2,033Shearer17,70717,436
    #2,035Cerda17,70317,440
    #2,036Lo17,68717,456
    #2,037Marcus17,67117,472
    #2,038Crain17,65017,493

    Who is named Bauman

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

    95% of people named Bauman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bauman

    Bauman has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bauman?
    17,641 people in the United States had the surname Bauman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,502 Americans. It ranked 2,040th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bauman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bauman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bauman getting more or less common?
    More common. 17,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,641 in 2010, up 1.8%.