# Betts (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/betts/  
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) | 19,983 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,450 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (19,209 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Betts 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Betts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Betts

- Chas Betts, American professional and amateur wrestler
- Dickey Betts, American guitarist (1943–2024)
- Jack Betts, American actor (1929–2025)
- Mookie Betts, American professional baseball player
- Daisy Betts, Australian actress
- Harry Betts, American jazz trombonist (1922-2012)
- Andrew Betts, British basketball player
- Thaddeus Betts, American politician 1789-1840
- Anna Whelan Betts, American illustrator and art teacher (1875-1959)
- Ajahn Brahm, British-Australian Theravada Buddhist monk (born 1951)

## Similar surnames

Butts, Betz, Batts, Bettis, Botts, Beets, Bates, Butz, Boots, Bethke, Batz, Budge.

## 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.