Last Name BAXTER

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Meaning The bakester, a baker of bread, with the feminine suffix; originally a woman's occupation.
A female baker, a bakester.
A baker.
Bagster, a baker.
Origin English, Scottish, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, South african

Rank 647 (2000 US census) 566 (1990 US census)
Count 47,857 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.59%, or 39525 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.24%, or 6336 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.48%, or 230 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.68%, or 325 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.46%, or 699 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.54%, or 737 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

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Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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