Baca

surname · Latin script

Meaning: luggage rack

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Baca is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Cuba it is the 36th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 720(inferred from the name graph)
  • CUCuba≈1 in 1.1K
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 1.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

28,082 people, 2010

Sources
333 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 720 (inferred from the name graph)

Honduras, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

luggage rack

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Baca counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Baca is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—28,0821 in 12K28KBaca333
PE Peru#264≈19,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Baca82
HN Honduras#97≈13,000 est.≈1 in 720—Baca29
CU Cuba#36≈10,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Baca4
NI Nicaragua#182≈4,300 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Baca39
SK Slovakia—1,6571 in 3.3K1.7K——

28,082 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Baca is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Bac-A, Bača, Baça, Baća, Bàčà

  • Polish surname49 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, Croatia, United States

    Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

    Also written Baća, Bača, Baka, Báča, Bacha

  • a separate name11 spellings in the group

    Also written Báča, Baća, Bācā, Bac̆a, Bacá

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Canada

    Also written Bača, Bacá, Baça, Báča

  • Turkish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Peru, Canada

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Bacâ, Baça, Baća, Bacã

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Bãca, Bača

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Baca is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Inquisição do México

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

  • In Aragonese, superseded spelling of vaca (“cow”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, various small fruit of trees and shrubs: a berry, stone fruit (including olives, cherries)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fj, bait (both of literal fishing sense & metaphorical i.e. enticement)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Indonesian, to read (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Mariano Prado Baca, b. 1776Elfego Baca, b. 1865Lee Baca, b. 1942Judy Baca, b. 1946Joe Baca, b. 1947John Baca, b. 1949Murtha Baca, b. 1950Belinda Washington, b. 1963Maxime Baca, b. 1983Rafael Baca, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Baca
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201028K#1,249
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202026K#1,304
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200025K#1,316
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Baca mean, and where does it come from?
luggage rack Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Baca have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 28 thousand people named Baca, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baca.
How common is the name Baca?
In the United States, the national register counted 28,082 people named Baca in 2010, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
How common is Baca compared with other names?
In Cuba, Baca is the 36th most common surname of 21,589 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baca” — the 36th most common surname in Cuba. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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