The Bacon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,860 people carried this name — #1,181 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,880 people counted. That is up 2% from 29,312 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,088 people named Bacon.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Calvados.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 7 births for the Bacon name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
61 people named Bacon live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 55 people named Bacon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bacon in American newspapers,
1870.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Bacon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sarah Bacon d. 1767 -
Thomas Bacon d. 1301 · judge
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John Bacon d. 1321 · judge
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Philemon Bacon d. 1666 · military personnel
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Catherine Bacon d. 1817 · writer
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Benjamin Bacon d. 1772 · Anglican priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bacon.
- Back 8,762 · U.S. census
- Backer 3,380 · U.S. census
- Backert 148 · U.S. census
- Backes 2,421 · U.S. census
- Bacle 108 · U.S. census
- Baco 149 · U.S. census
- Bacot 519 · U.S. census
- Bacque 136 · U.S. census
- Bacus 642 · U.S. census
- Baczkowski 321 · U.S. census
- Baczynski 262 · U.S. census
- Bada 496 · U.S. census
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