How common is the surname Bax?

1,684 people in the United States had the surname Bax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bax?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Bax?

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

Where is the surname Bax most common?

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

Is the surname Bax getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Bax

A surname, carried by 1,684 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bax is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,684 people named Bax in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,691.

#16,909

rank among US surnames

1,684

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,809)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,900	Hoar	1,685	183,232
#16,909	Gagner	1,684	183,341
#16,917	Dudgeon	1,683	183,450

Who is named Bax

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

90% of people named Bax identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baxs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bax

Bax has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Bax?: 1,684 people in the United States had the surname Bax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bax?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bax?: Ernest Belfort Bax, British barrister and journalist (1854–1926).
Where is the surname Bax most common?: Wikidata records people named Bax in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Bax getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, down 0.4%.