# Bath (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bath/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,945 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,815 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 104,837 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.4% (2,742 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bæθ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bath 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 17% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bath in the United States.

## People named Bath

- Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and inventor (1942-2019)

## Similar surnames

Bhatia, Bhatti, Batt, Baty, Batey, Bhat, Batty, Bate, Baity, Batie, Bata, Boyd.

## 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.