Baum surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Baum surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 16,109 people carried this name — #2,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,800 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

577 people named Baum have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 714 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 225
Lublin 66
Masovian 64
Subcarpathian 43
West Pomeranian 39
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 31
Pomeranian 20
Łódź 20

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 354 people named Baum.

58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 58
Haut-Rhin 75
Bas-Rhin 41
Paris 36
Nord 25
Meurthe-et-Moselle 16
Vosges 11
Moselle 11
Ardèche 9

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

184 people named Baum live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 69
Bern 37
Thurgau 22
St. Gallen 12
Lucerne 10
Geneva 10
Aargau 9
Basel-Landschaft 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 102 people named Baum 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 Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 60
Liège 24
Brussels-Capital 13
Walloon Brabant 5

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

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