Baca Surname
Approximately 102,242 people bear this surname
Baca Surname Definition:
Cabeza de Vaca is Andalusian.
Baca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29,873 | 1:12,133 | 1,502 |
| Mexico | 19,746 | 1:6,286 | 754 |
| Peru | 18,132 | 1:1,753 | 292 |
| Honduras | 13,629 | 1:647 | 156 |
| Nicaragua | 3,862 | 1:1,559 | 286 |
| Angola | 3,155 | 1:8,554 | 1,062 |
| Poland | 1,909 | 1:19,910 | 2,975 |
| Argentina | 1,894 | 1:22,568 | 1,879 |
| Spain | 1,696 | 1:27,566 | 2,851 |
| Colombia | 1,342 | 1:35,599 | 2,108 |
| Venezuela | 905 | 1:33,375 | 1,956 |
| South Africa | 883 | 1:61,356 | 7,745 |
| Guatemala | 780 | 1:20,619 | 1,605 |
| Ecuador | 743 | 1:21,408 | 2,954 |
| Turkey | 614 | 1:126,745 | 10,455 |
| Romania | 354 | 1:56,717 | 6,952 |
| France | 330 | 1:201,281 | 31,299 |
| Brazil | 313 | 1:683,944 | 25,201 |
| India | 208 | 1:3,687,814 | 102,900 |
| Indonesia | 179 | 1:738,822 | 56,864 |
| Costa Rica | 126 | 1:37,937 | 986 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Canada | 117 | 1:314,920 | 28,951 |
| Kosovo | 117 | 1:15,913 | 2,057 |
| Italy | 104 | 1:588,045 | 55,113 |
| Austria | 95 | 1:89,636 | 13,202 |
| Slovakia | 92 | 1:58,005 | 11,195 |
| Taiwan | 88 | 1:266,418 | 2,209 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Chile | 62 | 1:284,137 | 8,321 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Ivory Coast | 55 | 1:419,477 | 14,125 |
| Albania | 50 | 1:58,281 | 7,203 |
| Czechia | 50 | 1:212,669 | 30,259 |
| Japan | 49 | 1:2,609,067 | 31,334 |
| Moldova | 36 | 1:98,927 | 11,954 |
| Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| Latvia | 22 | 1:93,184 | 13,456 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Northern Cyprus | 10 | 1:31,901 | 6,529 |
| El Salvador | 10 | 1:634,389 | 3,243 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Belize | 3 | 1:118,491 | 3,439 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,415 | 1:20,794 | 2,630 |
The alternate forms: Bača (2,265), Baça (244), Baća (80), Bâca (25), Báca (11), Bacà (5), Bacá (4), Báča (142) & Bâcă (29) are calculated separately.
Baca (1,009) may also be a first name.
Baca Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Cabeza de Vaca is Andalusian.
Baca Demographics
Average Male Baca Height
174.29 cm
Average Female Baca Height
160.34 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Baca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baca (Arabic: بكاء, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻛﻪ) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bača, Baça, Baća, Bâca, Báca, Bacà, Bacá, Báča or Bâcă. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Baca? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,540th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 71,277 people. The last name Baca occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Baca live; 44 percent live in North America and 24 percent live in Anglo-North America. Baca is also the 253,213th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 1,009 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 29,873 people, or 1 in 12,133. In The United States Baca is most numerous in: New Mexico, where 30 percent live, California, where 21 percent live and Texas, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 88 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 19 percent live and Peru, where 18 percent live.
Baca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Baca has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Baca last name increased 1,237 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 933 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Baca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Baca last name are 36.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90% being registered with the political party.
The amount Baca earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 10.31% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,384 per year; in South Africa they earn 31.99% less than the national average, earning R 161,628 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.29% less than the national average, earning $18,549,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.72% less than the national average, earning $40,681 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.7% less than the national average, earning $46,354 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baca Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baca in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻛﻪ | bakh | - |
| Baca in the Arabic language | ||
| بكاء | bka | - |
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Baca Reference & Research
Baca DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Baca 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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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Baca
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