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    The surname Baylis

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,778 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B420

    Baylis: #16,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Baylis #16,238, 1,778 people Baylis: #16,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baylis #16,238, 1,778 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baylis is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation.

    Baylis 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 1,778 people named Baylis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,648 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,743.

    #16,238
    rank among US surnames
    1,778
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,433)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,238Smoker1,778173,648
    #16,247Haddon1,777173,745

    Who is named Baylis

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

    69% of people named Baylis identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    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 Bayliss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lilian Baylis
      British ballet impresario (1874-1937)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Baylis

    Baylis 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 Baylis?
    1,778 people in the United States had the surname Baylis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,648 Americans. It ranked 16,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baylis?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Baylis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Baylis?
    Lilian Baylis, British ballet impresario (1874-1937).
    Where is the surname Baylis most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baylis in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Baylis?
    Baylis is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Baylis getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,778 in 2010, up 2.0%.
    What are other spellings of Baylis?
    Bailes, Bayles and Bayliss.