The BALDWIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	79,151	361	0.029	293
United States (1880 census)	25,317	203	0.051	506
Change since 1880	+53834	-158	-0.022	-213
Other Countries
Australia	3,587	414	0.022	219
United Kingdom	17,150	327	0.037	373

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Classification and Origin of BALDWIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BALDWIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BALDWIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BALDWIN in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Native American/Alaskan	712	0.9
Asian/Pacific	325	0.41
White (Caucasian)	62,624	79.12
Black/African American	13,068	16.51
Mixed Race	1,140	1.44
White (Hispanic)	1,282	1.62

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BALDWIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BALDWIN in historical publications

(origin: Ger.) The speedy conqueror or victor; from bald, quick or speedy, and win, an old word signifying victor or conqueror, as Bert-win, famous victor; All-win, all victorious, etc.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

BALDWIN. TJie baptismal name. Several chief tenants in Domesd. are called Baldwinius and Baldvinus. H. E. Baudewyne.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to BALDWIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BALDWIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.