How common is the surname Bhatti?

3,919 people in the United States had the surname Bhatti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,782 Americans. It ranked 8,430th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bhatti getting more or less common?

More common. 2,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,919 in 2010, up 63%.

The surname Bhatti

A Punjabi surname, carried by 3,919 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). Bhatti is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Punjabi origin

Borrowed from Punjabi ਭੱਟੀ (bhaṭṭī). This surname is used mainly by a Jat, Gujjar Rajput tribe of Pakistani and Indian Punjab.

One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,919 people named Bhatti in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,782 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,406.

#8,430

rank among US surnames

3,919

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+62.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,425	Lair	3,923	78,701
#8,427	Hagood	3,922	78,721
#8,429	Campana	3,920	78,762
#8,430	Maurice	3,919	78,782
#8,432	Hake	3,918	78,802

Who is named Bhatti

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

88% of people named Bhatti identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Two or more races 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bhatti

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

Other Punjabi surnames

All 39 Punjabi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bhatti come from?: Borrowed from Punjabi ਭੱਟੀ (bhaṭṭī). This surname is used mainly by a Jat, Gujjar Rajput tribe of Pakistani and Indian Punjab.
How common is the surname Bhatti?: 3,919 people in the United States had the surname Bhatti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,782 Americans. It ranked 8,430th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bhatti?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bhatti identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bhatti getting more or less common?: More common. 2,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,919 in 2010, up 63%.