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    The surname Batra

    A Hindi surname, carried by 1,461 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B360

    Batra: #18,766 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Batra #18,766, 1,461 people Batra: #18,766 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Batra #18,766, 1,461 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Batra is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    Hindi origin

    Borrowed from Hindi बत्रा (batrā).

    One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,461 people named Batra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 953.

    #18,766
    rank among US surnames
    1,461
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.3%
    change since 2000 (was #24,584)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,757Wilker1,462211,180
    #18,766Graddy1,461211,325

    Who is named Batra

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

    92% of people named Batra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.7%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Batra

    Batra has the Soundex code B360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B360.

    Other Hindi surnames

    All 48 Hindi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Batra come from?
    Borrowed from Hindi बत्रा (batrā).
    How common is the surname Batra?
    1,461 people in the United States had the surname Batra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. It ranked 18,766th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Batra?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Batra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Batra getting more or less common?
    More common. 953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,461 in 2010, up 53%.