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    The surname Baylor

    A surname, carried by 6,336 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B460 Also a first name

    Baylor: #5,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Baylor #5,489, 6,336 people Baylor: #5,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baylor #5,489, 6,336 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baylor is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,336 people named Baylor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,729 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,090.

    #5,489
    rank among US surnames
    6,336
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,261)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,480Warrick6,34748,644
    #5,481Huss6,34648,652
    #5,482Orth6,34548,660
    #5,484Lemoine6,34348,675
    #5,485Pender6,34048,698
    #5,486Galaviz6,33948,706
    #5,488Spiegel6,33848,713

    Who is named Baylor

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

    49% of people named Baylor identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Baylors

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elgin Baylor
      American basketball player, coach, and executive (1934–2021)
    • Don Baylor
      American baseball player and manager (1949–2017)
    • Hal Baylor
      American actor (1918-1998)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Baylor

    Baylor has the Soundex code B460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Baylor?
    6,336 people in the United States had the surname Baylor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,729 Americans. It ranked 5,489th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baylor?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Baylor identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Baylor?
    Elgin Baylor, American basketball player, coach, and executive (1934–2021), followed by Don Baylor.
    Where is the surname Baylor most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baylor in the United States.
    Is the surname Baylor getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,336 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Baylor?
    Bailer.
    Is Baylor also a first name?
    Yes. Baylor is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.