How common is the surname Batts?

8,473 people in the United States had the surname Batts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,439 Americans. It ranked 4,179th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Batts?

Lloyd Batts, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Batts most common?

Wikidata records people named Batts in the United States.

Is the surname Batts getting more or less common?

More common. 7,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,473 in 2010, up 8.4%.

Is Batts also a first name?

Yes. Batts 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 Batts

A patronymic surname, carried by 8,473 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Batts is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Bates, from the given name Bartholomew.

Batts 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 8,473 people named Batts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,439 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,814.

#4,179

rank among US surnames

8,473

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,204)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,171	Paine	8,501	36,319
#4,172	Barboza	8,497	36,336
#4,173	Dayton	8,494	36,349
#4,175	Louie	8,485	36,387
#4,176	Candelaria	8,483	36,396
#4,177	Liao	8,482	36,400
#4,178	Barnette	8,480	36,409

Who is named Batts

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

52% of people named Batts identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 52%
White (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Battss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lloyd Batts
American basketball player, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Batts

Batts has the Soundex code B320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B320.

Questions

Where does the surname Batts come from?: Variant of Bates, from the given name Bartholomew.
How common is the surname Batts?: 8,473 people in the United States had the surname Batts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,439 Americans. It ranked 4,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Batts?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Batts identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Batts?: Lloyd Batts, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Batts most common?: Wikidata records people named Batts in the United States.
What type of surname is Batts?: Batts is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Batts getting more or less common?: More common. 7,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,473 in 2010, up 8.4%.
Is Batts also a first name?: Yes. Batts 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.