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Bach Surname

3,722nd

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 151,149 people bear this surname

Bach Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Bache, or Dweller by a Brook. [Old English bæc] But in our directories this name is often the corresponding German Bach.

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Bach Surname Distribution Map

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The alternate forms: Bäch (4) & Bách (2) are calculated separately.

Bach (69,040) may also be a first name.

Bach Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Bache, or Dweller by a Brook. [Old English bæc] But in our directories this name is often the corresponding German Bach.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Ger.) Brook [Middle High German bach, O.H.Ger. bah(h] English Bach(e, Batch, and A.-Scand. Beck.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Brook” in German.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German, English) Dweller in the stream valley; one who came from Bache (valley of a stream), the name of several places in England.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(W. and C.), Little. Bach (German), Brook. (v.Beck, Beek, and Zumbach.)

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Several of the bailiffs or mayors of Leominster, Herefordshire, in the 17th and 18th centuries, bore the name of Bach. Back is the usual Shropshire form (Townsend's "Leominster").

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

Bach is a Vietnamese surname meaning 'white', transliterated in Chinese as Bai (白) and Korean as Baek (백).

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

Bach and Bachs are Catalan surnames which come from obac, or obaga, meaning 'shady place'.

- a1956

Bach Demographics

Bach Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bach Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bach (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺵ, Hindi: बच, Marathi: बच, Oriya: ବଚ, Russian: Бач) is most common in Vietnam. It may appear as: Bäch or Bách. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bach? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bach is the 3,722nd most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 48,214 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Bach reside; 45 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 45 percent reside in Viet-Asia. Bach is also the 14,036th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 69,040 people.

It is most prevalent in Vietnam, where it is carried by 67,725 people, or 1 in 1,368. In Vietnam it is mostly concentrated in: Red River Delta, where 22 percent live, Southeast, where 18 percent live and Mekong River Delta, where 16 percent live. Outside of Vietnam this last name exists in 139 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Bach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bach surname increased 791 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 1,300 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bach Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Bach surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (50%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Bach surname are 9.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.06% registered with the political party.

The amount Bach earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.5% less than the national average, earning 340,890 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.5% more than the national average, earning R 424,188 per year; in Vietnam they earn 7.48% less than the national average, earning 76,273,400 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 9.31% more than the national average, earning 47,165USDperyearandinCanadatheyearn1.8447,165 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning 47,165USDperyearandinCanadatheyearn1.8450,595 CAD per year.

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Bach Reference & Research

Baugh DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Baugh FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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