# Batista (surname)

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

A surname from the Romance languages, Spanish, or Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,323 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,974 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,850 people |
| Change since 2000 | +40% (13,095 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Romance (Spanish Batista and Portuguese Batista).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Batista 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) | 17% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 80% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Batista in Brazil, Argentina and Germany.

## People named Batista

- Adilson Batista, Brazilian association football player and manager
- Sergio Batista, Argentine association football player
- Eike Batista, Brazilian entrepreneur
- Joarlem Batista Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Erikson Carlos Batista dos Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Edina Alves Batista, Brazilian association football referee
- Cícero Romão Batista, Brazilian saint (1844-1934)
- Amado Batista, Brazilian recording artist; singer
- Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, Brazilian catholic bishop
- Linda Batista, Brazilian actress (1919-1988)
- Mozart, Brazilian footballer
- John Kennedy, Brazilian footballer

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bautista, Batiste, Battista, Battiste, Badgett, Boydston, Bedgood, Boydstun.

## 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.