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    The surname Batiste

    A French surname, carried by 6,640 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B323

    Batiste: #5,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Batiste #5,253, 6,640 people Batiste: #5,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Batiste #5,253, 6,640 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Batiste is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,640 people named Batiste in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,498 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,990.

    #5,253
    rank among US surnames
    6,640
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,355)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,247Chrisman6,64746,449
    #5,250Harrigan6,64646,456
    #5,251Bordelon6,64446,470
    #5,253Batiste6,64046,498

    Who is named Batiste

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Batiste identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Batistes

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jon Batiste
      American musician and singer (b. 1986)
    • Michael Batiste
      American basketball player (born 1977)
    • Alvin Batiste
      American clarinetist (1932-2007)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Batiste

    Batiste has the Soundex code B323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B323.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Batiste come from?
    Batiste is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Batiste?
    6,640 people in the United States had the surname Batiste in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,498 Americans. It ranked 5,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Batiste?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Batiste identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Batiste?
    Jon Batiste, American musician and singer (b. 1986), followed by Michael Batiste.
    Where is the surname Batiste most common?
    Wikidata records people named Batiste in the United States.
    Is the surname Batiste getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,640 in 2010, up 11%.