How common is the surname Bateman?

19,001 people in the United States had the surname Bateman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,249 Americans. It ranked 1,893rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bateman?

Jason Bateman, American actor (born 1969), followed by Justine Bateman.

Where is the surname Bateman most common?

Wikidata records people named Bateman in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Bateman getting more or less common?

More common. 18,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,001 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Bateman

An occupational surname, carried by 19,001 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B355

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bateman is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate".

Bateman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,001 people named Bateman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,249 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,313.

#1,893

rank among US surnames

19,001

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,884	Muhammad	19,076	16,185
#1,885	Fitch	19,060	16,199
#1,886	Gupta	19,057	16,201
#1,887	Oliveira	19,055	16,203
#1,888	McCain	19,032	16,222
#1,889	Medeiros	19,031	16,223
#1,890	Kraus	19,028	16,226

Who is named Bateman

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

87% of people named Bateman identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Batemans

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Bateman
American actor (born 1969)
Justine Bateman
American actress, writer, and producer, born 1966
Talitha Bateman
American actress, born 2001
Tom Bateman
British actor, born 1989
Gabriel Bateman
American child film actor, born 2004
Harry Bateman
Anglo-American mathematician, 1882–1946
Ephraim Bateman
American politician (1780-1829)
Victory Bateman
American stage and film actress (1865-1926)
H. M. Bateman
British artist and cartoonist (1887–1970)
Richard Bateman
British botanist, born 1958
Victoria Bateman
British economist, born 1979

Notable Batemans come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (4) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bateman

Bateman has the Soundex code B355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B355.

Questions

Where does the surname Bateman come from?: From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate".
How common is the surname Bateman?: 19,001 people in the United States had the surname Bateman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,249 Americans. It ranked 1,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bateman?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bateman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bateman?: Jason Bateman, American actor (born 1969), followed by Justine Bateman.
Where is the surname Bateman most common?: Wikidata records people named Bateman in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Bateman?: Bateman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bateman getting more or less common?: More common. 18,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,001 in 2010, up 3.8%.