How common is the surname Baumgardner?

5,877 people in the United States had the surname Baumgardner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,535 Americans. It ranked 5,869th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Baumgardner?

Baumgardner is /ˌbɔmˈɡɑɹd.nəɹ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Baumgardner getting more or less common?

More common. 5,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,877 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Baumgardner

A German occupational surname, carried by 5,877 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˌbɔmˈɡɑɹd.nəɹ/ 3 syllables Soundex B526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baumgardner is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Baumgartner, influenced by Gardner.

Baumgardner is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 5,877 people named Baumgardner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,535 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,856.

#5,869

rank among US surnames

5,877

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,465)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,860	Decarlo	5,889	52,427
#5,861	Leos	5,888	52,436
#5,863	Sturgis	5,885	52,463
#5,864	Fritts	5,883	52,481
#5,865	Remington	5,881	52,499
#5,867	Cory	5,879	52,517
#5,868	Crossley	5,878	52,526

Who is named Baumgardner

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

94% of people named Baumgardner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
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 Baumgardner

Baumgardner has the Soundex code B526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B526.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Baumgardner come from?: Borrowed from German Baumgartner, influenced by Gardner.
How common is the surname Baumgardner?: 5,877 people in the United States had the surname Baumgardner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,535 Americans. It ranked 5,869th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baumgardner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Baumgardner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Baumgardner?: Baumgardner is /ˌbɔmˈɡɑɹd.nəɹ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Baumgardner?: Baumgardner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Baumgardner getting more or less common?: More common. 5,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,877 in 2010, up 0.4%.