# Bathurst (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bathurst/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 811 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,198 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 380,697 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (818 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑθ.ɝst/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834). The capital of the Gambia was also formerly named after him.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bathurst 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) | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bathurst in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bathurst

- Benjamin Bathurst, British diplomat (1784 – c.1809)
- Otto Bathurst, British director

## Similar surnames

Batres, Buttars, Boudreaux, Boatwright, Boatright, Butters, Buitrago, Bedrosian, Beatrice, Botros, Betters, Boutros.

## 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.