# Bax (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bax/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,684 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,909 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 183,341 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (1,691 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bax 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bax in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Bax

- Ernest Belfort Bax, British barrister and journalist (1854–1926)

## Similar surnames

Bak, Baz, Bas, Beck, Bush, Bass, Buck, Baez, Beach, Boggs, Baca, Boyce.

## 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.