How common is the surname Bottom?

1,607 people in the United States had the surname Bottom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,125 Americans. It ranked 17,526th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bottom?

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

Where is the surname Bottom most common?

Wikidata records people named Bottom in the United States.

Is the surname Bottom getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,607 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Bottom

A surname, carried by 1,607 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bottom is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

* 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”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,607 people named Bottom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,125 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,622.

#17,526

rank among US surnames

1,607

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,349)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,521	Frasher	1,608	192,006
#17,526	Bessey	1,607	192,125
#17,530	Kittelson	1,606	192,245

Who is named Bottom

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

88% of people named Bottom identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bottoms

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Bottom
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1955
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bottom

Bottom has the Soundex code B350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B350.

Questions

Where does the surname Bottom come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Bottom?: 1,607 people in the United States had the surname Bottom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,125 Americans. It ranked 17,526th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bottom?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bottom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bottom?: Joe Bottom, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, followed by Joaquin Phoenix.
Where is the surname Bottom most common?: Wikidata records people named Bottom in the United States.
Is the surname Bottom getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,607 in 2010, down 0.9%.