How common is the surname Bhatia?

4,515 people in the United States had the surname Bhatia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,382 Americans. It ranked 7,381st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bhatia?

Sangeeta N. Bhatia, American nanotechnologist and biological engineer, followed by Akshay Kumar.

Where is the surname Bhatia most common?

Wikidata records people named Bhatia in the United States and India.

Is the surname Bhatia getting more or less common?

More common. 2,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,515 in 2010, up 53%.

The surname Bhatia

A Hindi surname, carried by 4,515 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bhatia is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

Borrowed from Hindi भाटिया (bhāṭiyā), from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).

One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,515 people named Bhatia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,382 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,944.

#7,381

rank among US surnames

4,515

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+53.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,373	Zander	4,518	68,337
#7,377	Chick	4,517	68,352
#7,380	Dabbs	4,516	68,367
#7,381	Bhatia	4,515	68,382
#7,382	Schlabach	4,514	68,397
#7,383	Gama	4,513	68,412
#7,384	Shanley	4,511	68,443

Who is named Bhatia

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

91% of people named Bhatia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Bhatias

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sangeeta N. Bhatia
American nanotechnologist and biological engineer, born 1968
Akshay Kumar
Actor, born 1967

Notable Bhatias come mostly from the United States (1) and India (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bhatia

Bhatia has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bhatia come from?: Borrowed from Hindi भाटिया (bhāṭiyā), from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).
How common is the surname Bhatia?: 4,515 people in the United States had the surname Bhatia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,382 Americans. It ranked 7,381st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bhatia?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bhatia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bhatia?: Sangeeta N. Bhatia, American nanotechnologist and biological engineer, followed by Akshay Kumar.
Where is the surname Bhatia most common?: Wikidata records people named Bhatia in the United States and India.
Is the surname Bhatia getting more or less common?: More common. 2,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,515 in 2010, up 53%.