Bacus

English

Etymology

Respelling of Backus, but also borrowed from Cebuano Bacus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækəs

Proper noun

Bacus (plural Bacuses)

1. A surname from Cebuano.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bacus is the 35096^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 642 individuals. Bacus is most common among White (78.5%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bacus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 80.

Anagrams

• scuba, ubacs

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ba‧cus
• IPA^(key): /ˈbakus/ [ˈba.kʊs̪]

Proper noun

Bacus

1. a surname