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The Bailly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 664 people carried this name — #34,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 4% from 690 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 12,631 people named Bailly.

161 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 161
Paris 1,219
Jura 731
Pas-de-Calais 680
Cher 638
Saône-et-Loire 578
Vosges 402
Rhône 400
Nord 368

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 998 people named Bailly live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

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Where they live today

Liège 366
Hainaut 360
Brussels-Capital 96
Walloon Brabant 77
Namur 53
Luxembourg Province 13
West Flanders 10
Flemish Brabant 10

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

229 people named Bailly live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 99
Geneva 55
Jura 25
Valais 15
Fribourg 13
Zurich 9
Neuchâtel 7
Bern 6

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.

Who carried it

People named Bailly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Bailly
    David Bailly 1584–1657 · court painter
  • Simon Bailly d. 1401 · politician
  • Guillaume Bailly d. 1696 · missionary
  • Chicart Bailly 1400–1533 · art dealer
  • Guillaume Bailly 1519–1582 · Catholic priest
  • Nicolas Bailly 1587–1657 · Catholic theologian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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