The Baez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,298 people carried this name — #1,121 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,430 people counted. That is up 39% from 22,512 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Baez surname
From Peláez.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Báez» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 73,513 people named Baez 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
141 people named Baez live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Baez.
Most of them — 33 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Baez is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Baez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daisy Baez 1959– · politician -
John C. Baez 1961– · physicist -
Juan Romualdo Baez 1886–1953 · botanical collector
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Joan Baez 1941– · composer
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José D. Pimentel Baez 1953– · botanical collector
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Beau Baez 1965– · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baez.
- Baehr 1,622 · U.S. census
- Baena 958 · U.S. census
- Baer 16,587 · U.S. census
- Baert 330 · U.S. census
- Baes 397 · U.S. census
- Baesa 156 · U.S. census
- Baeza 8,432 · U.S. census
- Baggio 292 · U.S. census
- Baghdadi 255 · U.S. census
- Baghdassarian 235 · U.S. census
- Baglieri 230 · U.S. census
- Baglin 228 · U.S. census
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