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    The surname Batton

    A surname, carried by 2,913 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B350

    Batton: #10,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Batton #10,924, 2,913 people Batton: #10,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Batton #10,924, 2,913 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Batton is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,913 people named Batton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,701.

    #10,924
    rank among US surnames
    2,913
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,831)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,919Philbrick2,915105,916
    #10,923Kirkendall2,914105,952
    #10,924Kiesel2,913105,989
    #10,931Cordon2,912106,025

    Who is named Batton

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

    75% of people named Batton identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Battons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dave Batton
      American basketball player, born 1956

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Batton

    Batton has the Soundex code B350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Batton?
    2,913 people in the United States had the surname Batton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. It ranked 10,924th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Batton?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Batton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Batton?
    Dave Batton, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Batton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Batton in the United States.
    Is the surname Batton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,913 in 2010, up 7.8%.