# Baylis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baylis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,778 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,238 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 173,648 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (1,743 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bailes, Bayles, Bayliss |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baylis 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baylis in the United Kingdom.

## People named Baylis

- Lilian Baylis, British ballet impresario (1874-1937)

## Similar surnames

Bliss, Bales, Beals, Bayless, Blais, Blas, Bailes, Bayles, Blaise, Bayliss, Balas, Blasi.

## 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.