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    The surname Bayless

    A surname, carried by 6,171 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B420

    Bayless: #5,632 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bayless #5,632, 6,171 people Bayless: #5,632 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bayless #5,632, 6,171 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bayless is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    See Bayliss.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,171 people named Bayless in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,032 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,145.

    #5,632
    rank among US surnames
    6,171
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,221)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,628Word6,17749,983
    #5,629Stumpf6,17350,015
    #5,630Strader6,17250,024
    #5,632Bayless6,17150,032

    Who is named Bayless

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

    87% of people named Bayless identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Baylesss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jerryd Bayless
      American basketball player (born 1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bayless

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bayless come from?
    See Bayliss.
    How common is the surname Bayless?
    6,171 people in the United States had the surname Bayless in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,032 Americans. It ranked 5,632nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bayless?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bayless identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bayless?
    Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player (born 1988).
    Where is the surname Bayless most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bayless in the United States.
    Is the surname Bayless getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,171 in 2010, up 0.4%.