The surname Batista
A surname, carried by 18,323 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B323
Origin
From Romance (Spanish Batista and Portuguese Batista).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 18,323 people named Batista in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,850 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,095.
Who is named Batista
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Batista identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
- White (not Hispanic) 17%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Batistas
13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Adilson BatistaBrazilian association football player and manager, born 1968
- Sergio BatistaArgentine association football player, born 1962
- Eike BatistaBrazilian entrepreneur, born 1956
- Joarlem Batista SantosBrazilian association football player, born 1995
- Erikson Carlos Batista dos SantosBrazilian association football player, born 1995
- Edina Alves BatistaBrazilian association football referee, born 1980
- Cícero Romão BatistaBrazilian saint (1844-1934)
- Amado BatistaBrazilian recording artist; singer, born 1951
- Francisco de Sales Alencar BatistaBrazilian catholic bishop, born 1968
- Linda BatistaBrazilian actress (1919-1988)
- MozartBrazilian footballer, born 1979
- John KennedyBrazilian footballer, born 2002
Notable Batistas come mostly from Brazil (11), Argentina (1) and Germany (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Batista has the Soundex code B323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B323.
Questions
- Where does the surname Batista come from?
- From Romance (Spanish Batista and Portuguese Batista).
- How common is the surname Batista?
- 18,323 people in the United States had the surname Batista in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,850 Americans. It ranked 1,974th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Batista?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Batista identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Batista?
- Adilson Batista, Brazilian association football player and manager, followed by Sergio Batista.
- Where is the surname Batista most common?
- Wikidata records people named Batista in Brazil, Argentina and Germany.
- Is the surname Batista getting more or less common?
- More common. 13,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,323 in 2010, up 40%.