How common is the surname Baptista?

3,621 people in the United States had the surname Baptista in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,265 Americans. It ranked 9,027th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Baptista?

In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Baptista identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Baptista?

Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer, followed by Nelsinho Baptista.

Where is the surname Baptista most common?

Wikidata records people named Baptista in Brazil.

Is the surname Baptista getting more or less common?

More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,621 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Baptista

A surname, carried by 3,621 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B132

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baptista is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

From Romance ( Spanish Baptista and Portuguese Baptista ).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,621 people named Baptista in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,265 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,050.

#9,027

rank among US surnames

3,621

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+18.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,023	Lua	3,624	85,195
#9,025	Partlow	3,623	85,218
#9,026	Batt	3,622	85,242
#9,027	Baptista	3,621	85,265
#9,029	Barthel	3,620	85,289
#9,030	Chai	3,619	85,312

Who is named Baptista

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

57% of people named Baptista identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Two or more races 4.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baptistas

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Júlio Baptista
Brazilian footballer, born 1981
Nelsinho Baptista
Brazilian association football player and manager, born 1950
Arnaldo Baptista
Brazilian musician, born 1948
Bruno Baptista
Brazilian racing driver, born 1997
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baptista

Baptista has the Soundex code B132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B132.

Questions

Where does the surname Baptista come from?: From Romance ( Spanish Baptista and Portuguese Baptista ).
How common is the surname Baptista?: 3,621 people in the United States had the surname Baptista in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,265 Americans. It ranked 9,027th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baptista?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Baptista identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Baptista?: Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer, followed by Nelsinho Baptista.
Where is the surname Baptista most common?: Wikidata records people named Baptista in Brazil.
Is the surname Baptista getting more or less common?: More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,621 in 2010, up 19%.