How common is the surname Batson?

8,951 people in the United States had the surname Batson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,493 Americans. It ranked 3,972nd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Batson?

Batson is /ˈbæt.sən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Batson getting more or less common?

More common. 8,613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,951 in 2010, up 3.9%.

Is Batson also a first name?

Yes. Batson is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Batson

A patronymic surname, carried by 8,951 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbæt.sən/ 2 syllables Soundex B325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Batson is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

From a diminutive form of Bartholomew + -son.

Batson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,951 people named Batson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,493 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,613.

#3,972

rank among US surnames

8,951

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,778)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,964	Jankowski	8,970	34,420
#3,965	Simonson	8,968	34,427
#3,966	Kwan	8,965	34,439
#3,967	Evangelista	8,964	34,443
#3,968	Rau	8,961	34,454
#3,969	Lozada	8,959	34,462
#3,970	Canady	8,958	34,466

Who is named Batson

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

78% of people named Batson identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Batson

Bateson

Batson has the Soundex code B325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B325.

Questions

Where does the surname Batson come from?: From a diminutive form of Bartholomew + -son.
How common is the surname Batson?: 8,951 people in the United States had the surname Batson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,493 Americans. It ranked 3,972nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Batson?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Batson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Batson?: Batson is /ˈbæt.sən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Batson?: Batson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Batson getting more or less common?: More common. 8,613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,951 in 2010, up 3.9%.
Is Batson also a first name?: Yes. Batson is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.