# Patton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/patton/  
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) | 66,293 |
| US rank (2010) | 506 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,657 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (64,772 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpætən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Patton 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Patton in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Patton

- Paula Patton, American actress (born 1975)
- Will Patton, American actor
- Candice Patton, American actress
- Mike Patton, American singer
- Charley Patton, American Delta blues musician (1891–1934)
- Mel Patton, American athletics competitor (1924-2014)
- Darvis Patton, American sprinter
- Mark Patton, American actor
- Virginia Patton, actress
- Ted Patton, American rower
- Dylan Patton, American actor and model
- Justin Patton, American basketball player (born 1997)

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Payton, Patino, Patten, Paton, Patin, Peyton, Peden, Paden, Putney, Padden, 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.