Last Name BAILEY

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Meaning The bailie, i.e. bailiff.
A name of office; a corruption of Bailiff, which is derived from the French bailler, to deliver. A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an alderman.
Origin English, French, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Maltese, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank 66 (2000 US census) 60 (1990 US census)
Count 265,916 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 74.77%, or 198825 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 21.14%, or 56215 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.4%, or 1064 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.61%, or 1622 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.63%, or 4334 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.45%, or 3856 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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