# Bata (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 540 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,494 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 571,751 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Bata, a patronymic surname. * Borrowed from Czech Baťa, a nickname for a good-natured man. * Borrowed from Tagalog Bata, a nickname from bata (“child”). * Borrowed from Arabic بَطَّة (baṭṭa, “duck”), probably used as a nickname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bata 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) | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 16% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 5.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bata in Austria–Hungary.

## People named Bata

- Tomáš Baťa, Bohemian-Czech entrepreneur (1876-1932)

## Similar surnames

Batt, Baty, Batey, Batty, Bate, Baity, Batie, Bhatia, Bath, Bhat, Boyd, Booth.

## 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.