Explore the Family Name Baus

The meaning of Baus

1. German: from a Swabian dialect word meaning ‘armful, great many, feast’, and hence a nickname for a gourmand. Compare Bausch. 2. In some cases also Croatian: unexplained.

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How common is the last name Baus in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Baus has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. The name was ranked at 21,880 in the year 2000 but fell to 22,281 by 2010, indicating a drop of 1.83%. Despite this fall in ranking, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased by 4.52% during the same period, going from 1,107 to 1,157. However, when considering proportion per 100k people, there was a decrease of 4.88%, moving from 0.41 to 0.39.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,880	#22,281	-1.83%
Count	1,107	1,157	4.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.39	-4.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Baus

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that in 2000, the majority of individuals with the Baus surname identified as White (94.13%), which decreased slightly to 92.31% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 3.61% in 2000 to 5.10% in 2010. There was a significant drop in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander from 0.99% in 2000 to 0.61% in 2010. The percentage of people identifying as being of two or more races also saw an increase from 0.90% in 2000 to 1.30% in 2010. During both census years, there were no individuals with the Baus surname who identified as Black, American Indian, or Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.13%	92.31%	-1.93%
Hispanic	3.61%	5.1%	41.27%
Two or More Races	0.9%	1.3%	44.44%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.99%	0.61%	-38.38%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%