# Batton (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,913 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,924 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,989 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.8% (2,701 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Batton 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Batton in the United States.

## People named Batton

- Dave Batton, American basketball player

## Similar surnames

Batten, Button, Beaton, Battin, Bitton, Badon, Bowden, Beaudoin, Bodine, Boden, Boutin, Bethune.

## 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.