# Patten (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/patten/  
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) | 11,730 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,059 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,321 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (11,448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Patten 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Patten in the United States and Australia.

## People named Patten

- Luana Patten, actress (1938-1996)
- Samuel Patten, Australian rower
- Simon Patten, American economist
- John Patten, American politician (1746-1800)

## Similar surnames

Patton, Payton, Patino, Paden, Paton, Patin, Padden, Peyton, Peden, Putney, Pedone, Padin.

## 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.