How common is the surname Bottomley?

1,513 people in the United States had the surname Bottomley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,062 Americans. It ranked 18,317th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bottomley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bottomley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bottomley?

Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and coach.

Where is the surname Bottomley most common?

Wikidata records people named Bottomley in the United States.

Is the surname Bottomley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,513 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Bottomley

An English place surname, carried by 1,513 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B354

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bottomley is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English botm (“bottom; abyss”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bottom + -ley (“lea”); compare the name Bottom.

Bottomley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,513 people named Bottomley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,062 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,562.

#18,317

rank among US surnames

1,513

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,819)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,311	McQuinn	1,514	203,927
#18,317	Shakir	1,513	204,062
#18,326	Mirabella	1,512	204,197

Who is named Bottomley

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

95% of people named Bottomley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bottomleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Bottomley
American baseball player and coach, 1900–1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bothamley

Bottomley has the Soundex code B354, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B354.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bottomley come from?: Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English botm (“bottom; abyss”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bottom + -ley (“lea”); compare the name Bottom.
How common is the surname Bottomley?: 1,513 people in the United States had the surname Bottomley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,062 Americans. It ranked 18,317th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bottomley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bottomley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bottomley?: Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and coach.
Where is the surname Bottomley most common?: Wikidata records people named Bottomley in the United States.
What type of surname is Bottomley?: Bottomley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bottomley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,513 in 2010, down 3.1%.
What are other spellings of Bottomley?: Bothamley.