How common is the last name Baxter?

47,095 people in the United States have the last name Baxter, about 1 in 6,347. It ranks #712 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BAXTER

#712

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
47,095
About
1 in 6,347
This common or more
35.9%
Who bears it

Of the 47,095 people with the last name Baxter, 77.7% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Baxter

#710 Clay · 47,234#711 Villegas · 47,223#713 Pitts · 47,055#714 Booth · 47,016

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Baxter, most common first.

#120,164 Baster · 152

Also a first name

As a first name, Baxter ranks #6,702 of 53,615, with 2,365 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2014, with 74 births. See Baxter as a first name

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