Bacon is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bacon
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: The family name is carried in the Calvados, the Pas-de-Calais, in Brittany (29 56 Alternative: Baccon) and in the Lozère and Haute-Loire. One hesitates between a merchant bacon, salt pork and a Germanic personal name, Bacco (root bag = fight, fight), which appears behind the Baconnière, town of Mayenne. For the Lozère and generally east of the Massif Central, it seems to have been often dealing with a place name, the name of many villages and hamlets: we think particularly Bacon, chief town of the town of Monts-Verts (48 ). This name seems to denote a hollow place. Note however that the glossary of I.G.N. indicates the word "baccon" in Switzerland with the meaning of "land rich". Diminutives Baconnet, Bacconnet (63 above) could also be place names: several hamlets are called (the) Baconnet, for example in Langeac (43). Other derivatives: Bacconnier, Baconier, Baconnier (07).

Also, in H. R. this name is found Bachun, Bacun and Bacon, and is said to be derived from Bacon, a seigniory in Normandy. In some instances, Bacon may be a corruption of Beacon, and that, from their connection with Bayeux, the Bacons were sometimes Latinized De Bajoeis. It is considered to be a French diminutive of Bach from G. bach, a brook, rivulet. Hence Bacot, another diminutive. Bacon has been corrupted to Buggin.

Bacon from the Anglo-Saxon bacon, to bake, to dry by heat. Some derive this surname from the Saxon baccen or Bucces, a beech tree. Upon the monument of Thomas Bacon, in Brome Church in Suffolk, there is a beech tree engraven in brass, with a man resting under it. It appears also, that the first Lord-keeper, Sir Nicholas Bacon, with his two wives, are represented in a similar manner.

How popular is Bacon?

Bacon is common in England.

Bacon is ranked 8875 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bacon bearers increased by 1.869542 per cent in 2010 US census to 29860 since 2000, the surname slipped by 87 spots and ranked at 1181. The last name was found in around 101 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.94 77.16
Black 18.36 18.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.44
Others 2.22 1.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.25 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.93 0.72
Bacon is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 60731 people have been found who wears Bacon as their family name. Bacon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
275,830 Ukraine8
103,755 Czech Republic5
7,113 Costa Rica5
13,428 Qatar4
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
3,904 Ivory Coast4
7,294 Kuwait3
78,945 Argentina3
14,193 Egypt3
3,224 Afghanistan3
18,718 Thailand2
40,064 Nigeria2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,333 Guam2
4,781 Malawi2
19,093 Finland2
1,834 Malta2
40,256 Mexico2
1,256 Myanmar2
31,767 Greece2
44,018 Poland2
5,671 Guatemala2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
17,236 Ghana1
6,033 Benin1
2,232 French Polynesia1
356 Eritrea1
123,175 Tanzania1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
15,705 Cameroon1
4,249 Cambodia1
717 Bhutan1
1,879 Belize1
10,958 Bangladesh1
36,814 Romania1
8,859 Iraq1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
21,562 Portugal1
9,591 Panama1
7,895 South Korea1
2,724 New Caledonia1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
8,268 Mauritius1
19,533 Uruguay1
7,292 Vietnam1
1,572 Macau1
28,365 Kenya1
2,057 Isle of Man1
50,549 Georgia1
1,970 Grenada1
3,952 Yemen1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,637 Philippines50
2,187 Guyana47
9,620 Singapore30
40,883 Zimbabwe27
42,407 Sweden22
28,338 Norway20
447,508 India18
1,163 Jersey17
2,705 China16
52,768 United Arab Emirates15
4,554 Senegal14
369,956 Indonesia14
406,964 Russia14
90,112 Germany14
5,493 Japan11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
3,257 Hong Kong71
1,789 Nicaragua70
122 Guernsey61
26,687 Belgium59
14,717 Chile54
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Bacon:
16,559 Brazil795
1,820 New Zealand412
2,233 Scotland315
1,412 Wales282
4,337 Ecuador207
2,776 Ireland153
20,067 Spain149
31,070 Turkey140
1,995 Northern Ireland119
9,170 Israel118
9,988 Switzerland117
Countries with thousands of Bacon:
1,249 Canada4,073
1,315 Australia2,403
3,622 France2,180
4,407 South Africa1,479
3,041 Peru1,069
Countries with ten thousands of Bacon:
1,070 United States35,416
665 England10,411
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 47 years old workman Samuel Bacon who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 11, 1846 by Atlas put out from Liverpool. Rosanna Bacon, aged 47, Spinster Margrat Bacon, 12 years old Sarah Bacon, 15 years old Nancy Bacon, Immigrant George Bacon, Immigrant Elizabeth Bacon, 4 years old Henry Bacon, Mary Bacon (55) Workwoman, and 42 other Bacon around 52% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, servant migrated to US.

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 Bacon is a rare surname, was appointed by former french, salted pork, bacon arrow that nickname was the butcher of the designer.

Bacon Namesakes

  • Lee Bacon, Author
  • Augustus Octavius Bacon, Politician
  • Adelyn Bacon, Actor
  • Anatol E. Baconsky, Poet
  • Francis Bacon, Former Lord Chancellor
  • Albion Fellows Bacon, Writer
  • Roger Bacon, Philosopher
  • Francis Bacon, Former Lord Chancellor
  • Anatol E. Baconsky, Poet
  • Chris Bacon, Professional Boxer
  • In 2018, Jamie Bacon portrayed the role of Daniel in drama, thriller flick Into the Mirror.

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