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 mapWhere they live today
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 mapWhere they were born
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 mapWhere they live today
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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baum.
- Baudry 191 · U.S. census
- Baue 107 · U.S. census
- Bauer 61,979 · U.S. census
- Bauerle 1,052 · U.S. census
- Baule 102 · U.S. census
- Bault 361 · U.S. census
- Bauman 17,328 · U.S. census
- Baumann 14,131 · U.S. census
- Baumeister 1,621 · U.S. census
- Baumel 299 · U.S. census
- Baumer 2,126 · U.S. census
- Baumert 920 · U.S. census
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