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Baum Ranking

In the United States, the name Baum is the 2,280th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1


United States Baum migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Baum Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Sarah Baum, age 70, settled in America in 1709
  • Abram Baum, who landed in New York in 1709 2
  • Johan Baum, who landed in New York in 1709 2
  • Magdalina Baum, age 29, who settled in New York City in 1710
  • Mathias Baum, who landed in New York, NY in 1710 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Baum Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Sebastian Baum, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1839 2
  • George Baum, aged 21, who arrived in Missouri in 1840 2
  • Frederick Baum, who landed in Mississippi in 1842 2
  • John Baum, who landed in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1844 2
  • Rudolph Baum, aged 9, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Baum Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Abraham Baum, who arrived in North America in 1901 2
  • Frank Charles Baum, who landed in Wisconsin in 1920 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Baum (post 1700) +

  • Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919), better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, American writer and director, best known for penning The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900
  • Ray Baum (1955-2018), American politician, Member of the Oregon State legislature
  • Paul Frank Baum (b. 1936), American mathematician, the Evan Pugh Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University
  • Friedrich Baum (1727-1777), German dragoon Lieutenant Colonel of Brunswick in British service during the American Revolutionary War
  • Walter Emerson Baum (1884-1956), American artist and educator
  • Roger Stanton Baum (b. 1938), American children's author
  • Frank Joslyn Baum (1883-1958), American lawyer, soldier, writer, and film producer
  • Edgar Schofield Baum (1916-2006), American artist
  • Bernie Baum (1929-1993), American songwriter who worked extensively with Elvis Presley
  • Gregory Baum OC (1923-2017), Canadian Roman Catholic Canadian theologian
  • ... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Bismarck
  • Fritz Baum (1916-1941), German Funkmaat who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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