# Bautista (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 60,264 |
| US rank (2010) | 558 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,123 people |
| Change since 2000 | +59% (37,847 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”). Doublet of Batiste and Batista.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bautista 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) | 3.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 77% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 18% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bautista in the United States.

## People named Bautista

- Dave Bautista, American actor and former professional wrestler (born 1969)
- Mario Bautista, American mixed martial arts fighter

## Similar surnames

Batista, Batiste, Battista, Battiste, Badgett, Boydston, Bedgood, Boydstun.

## 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.