Baum

Baum is the 2,227th most common surname in the United States, shared by 15,941 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 18,800.

By the numbers

People: 15,941
Rank: 2,227th
How common: 1 in 18,800
Per 100,000: 5.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Baum described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.0%
Black, not Hispanic 1.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Baum

L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)American author of children's books
Vicki Baum (1888–1960)Austrian writer
William Wakefield Baum (1926–2015)American Catholic cardinal
Gerhart Baum (1932–2025)German politician
Otto Baum (1911–1998)SS-Oberführer
Stefi Baum (born 1958)American astronomer
Paul Baum (1859–1932)German painter
Frank Baum (born 1956)East German footballer

People named Baum with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Baum

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.