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    The surname Bayles

    An occupational surname, carried by 2,962 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Bayles: #10,769 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bayles #10,769, 2,962 people Bayles: #10,769 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bayles #10,769, 2,962 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bayles is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,962 people named Bayles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,235 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,957.

    #10,769
    rank among US surnames
    2,962
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,056)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,763Campanella2,964104,165
    #10,765Center2,963104,200
    #10,769Collinsworth2,962104,235
    #10,772Baranowski2,961104,271
    #10,777Petrosky2,960104,306

    Who is named Bayles

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

    89% of people named Bayles identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bayles

    Bayles has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bayles?
    2,962 people in the United States had the surname Bayles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,235 Americans. It ranked 10,769th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bayles?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bayles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bayles?
    Bayles is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bayles getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,962 in 2010, up 0.2%.
    What are other spellings of Bayles?
    Bailes, Baylis and Bayliss.