How common is the surname Batchelder?

4,517 people in the United States had the surname Batchelder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,352 Americans. It ranked 7,377th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Batchelder?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Batchelder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Batchelder?

Joseph Batchelder, American sailor, followed by Evelyn Beatrice Longman.

Where is the surname Batchelder most common?

Wikidata records people named Batchelder in the United States.

Is the surname Batchelder getting more or less common?

More common. 4,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,517 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Batchelder

A surname, carried by 4,517 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Batchelder is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,517 people named Batchelder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,352 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,311.

#7,377

rank among US surnames

4,517

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,149)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,368	Eckhardt	4,520	68,307
#7,369	Cassady	4,519	68,322
#7,373	Zander	4,518	68,337
#7,377	Chick	4,517	68,352
#7,380	Dabbs	4,516	68,367
#7,381	Bhatia	4,515	68,382
#7,382	Schlabach	4,514	68,397

Who is named Batchelder

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

95% of people named Batchelder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Batchelders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph Batchelder
American sailor, born 1938
Evelyn Beatrice Longman
American artist (1874–1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Batchelder

Batchelder has the Soundex code B324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B324.

Questions

How common is the surname Batchelder?: 4,517 people in the United States had the surname Batchelder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,352 Americans. It ranked 7,377th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Batchelder?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Batchelder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Batchelder?: Joseph Batchelder, American sailor, followed by Evelyn Beatrice Longman.
Where is the surname Batchelder most common?: Wikidata records people named Batchelder in the United States.
Is the surname Batchelder getting more or less common?: More common. 4,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,517 in 2010, up 4.8%.