How common is the surname Patch?

3,790 people in the United States had the surname Patch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. It ranked 8,669th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Patch?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Patch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Patch?

Edith Marion Patch, American entomologist (1876-1954).

Where is the surname Patch most common?

Wikidata records people named Patch in the United States.

Is the surname Patch getting more or less common?

More common. 3,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,790 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Patch

A nickname surname, carried by 3,790 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Patch is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

English and German surname of uncertain origin; perhaps from a nickname related to Peter.

Patch is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,790 people named Patch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,777.

#8,669

rank among US surnames

3,790

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,084)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,664	Hufford	3,793	81,399
#8,665	Bos	3,792	81,420
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528

Who is named Patch

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

93% of people named Patch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Patchs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edith Marion Patch
American entomologist (1876-1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Patch

Patch has the Soundex code P320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P320.

Questions

Where does the surname Patch come from?: English and German surname of uncertain origin; perhaps from a nickname related to Peter.
How common is the surname Patch?: 3,790 people in the United States had the surname Patch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. It ranked 8,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Patch?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Patch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Patch?: Edith Marion Patch, American entomologist (1876-1954).
Where is the surname Patch most common?: Wikidata records people named Patch in the United States.
What type of surname is Patch?: Patch is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Patch getting more or less common?: More common. 3,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,790 in 2010, up 0.3%.