# Baptiste (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baptiste/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,915 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,983 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,632 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (7,353 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Patronymic surname, borrowed from French Baptiste. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baptiste in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baptiste in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Baptiste

- Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player (born 2001)
- Kirk Baptiste, athletics competitor (1963–2022)
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste, British actress
- Phil Phillips, American musician (1926-2020)

## Similar surnames

Baptista, Baptist.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.