How common is the surname Baur?

3,127 people in the United States had the surname Baur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,735 Americans. It ranked 10,302nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Baur?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Baur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Baur?

Michael Baur, Austrian association football player, followed by Elizabeth Baur.

Where is the surname Baur most common?

Wikidata records people named Baur in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Baur getting more or less common?

More common. 3,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,127 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Baur

A surname, carried by 3,127 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baur is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,127 people named Baur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,735 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,064.

#10,302

rank among US surnames

3,127

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,736)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,297	Breese	3,130	98,641
#10,298	Myhre	3,129	98,672
#10,301	Massengale	3,128	98,704
#10,302	Brandes	3,127	98,735
#10,306	Elson	3,126	98,767
#10,310	Utterback	3,125	98,799

Who is named Baur

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

94% of people named Baur identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baurs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Baur
Austrian association football player, born 1969
Elizabeth Baur
Actress (1947-2017)

Notable Baurs come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baur

Baur has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

Questions

How common is the surname Baur?: 3,127 people in the United States had the surname Baur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,735 Americans. It ranked 10,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baur?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Baur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Baur?: Michael Baur, Austrian association football player, followed by Elizabeth Baur.
Where is the surname Baur most common?: Wikidata records people named Baur in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Baur getting more or less common?: More common. 3,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,127 in 2010, up 2.1%.