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    The surname Bazil

    A French surname, carried by 615 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B240

    Bazil: #36,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bazil #36,379, 615 people Bazil: #36,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bazil #36,379, 615 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bazil is more common than 77.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Bazil, a variant of Basil. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 615 people named Bazil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 502,025 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 582.

    #36,379
    rank among US surnames
    615
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #36,328)

    Who is named Bazil

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

    47% of people named Bazil identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bazil

    Bazil has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bazil come from?
    Borrowed from French Bazil, a variant of Basil. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
    How common is the surname Bazil?
    615 people in the United States had the surname Bazil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,025 Americans. It ranked 36,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bazil?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Bazil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bazil getting more or less common?
    More common. 582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 615 in 2010, up 5.7%.