# Bateson (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,268 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,818 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 243,490 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.2% (1,172 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbeɪt.sən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a medieval diminutive form of Bartholomew + -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bateson 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

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

## People named Bateson

- Mary Catherine Bateson, American anthropologist (1939-2021)
- Patrick Bateson, British biologist
- Timothy Bateson, British actor (1926–2009)

## Similar surnames

Batson, Botkin, Bodkin, Budzinski.

## 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.