# Bottom (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bottom/  
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) | 1,607 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,526 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 192,125 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (1,622 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun bottom. Compare Botham. * As a French name, mistranslated from Lafond, in which Old French la fond (“the fountain”) is confused with modern le fond (“the bottom”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bottom 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bottom in the United States.

## People named Bottom

- Joe Bottom, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Joaquin Phoenix, American actor

## Similar surnames

Bouton, Botten, Bowden, Batten, Button, Beaudoin, Bodine, Boden, Beaton, Boutin, Bethune, Bodden.

## 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.