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    The surname Patten

    A surname, carried by 11,730 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P350

    Patten: #3,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Patten #3,059, 11,730 people Patten: #3,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Patten #3,059, 11,730 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Patten is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,730 people named Patten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,321 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,448.

    #3,059
    rank among US surnames
    11,730
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,880)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,050Martins11,75126,274
    #3,051Fortune11,74826,281
    #3,052Bair11,74026,299
    #3,053Dorman11,73926,301
    #3,055Rains11,73726,305
    #3,057Lamar11,73326,314
    #3,058Holton11,73126,319

    Who is named Patten

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

    85% of people named Patten identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pattens

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Luana Patten
      Actress (1938-1996)
    • Samuel Patten
      Australian rower, born 1963
    • Simon Patten
      American economist, 1852–1922
    • John Patten
      American politician (1746-1800)

    Notable Pattens come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Patten

    Patten has the Soundex code P350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Patten?
    11,730 people in the United States had the surname Patten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,321 Americans. It ranked 3,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Patten?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Patten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Patten?
    Luana Patten, actress (1938-1996), followed by Samuel Patten.
    Where is the surname Patten most common?
    Wikidata records people named Patten in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Patten getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,730 in 2010, up 2.5%.