How common is the surname Patton?

66,293 people in the United States had the surname Patton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,657 Americans. It ranked 506th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Patton?

Paula Patton, American actress (born 1975), followed by Will Patton.

Where is the surname Patton most common?

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

How do you pronounce Patton?

Patton is /ˈpætən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Patton getting more or less common?

More common. 64,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 66,293 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Patton

A surname, carried by 66,293 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpætən/ 2 syllables Soundex P350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Patton is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 66,293 people named Patton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,657 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 64,772.

#506

rank among US surnames

66,293

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #464)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#497	Colon	67,338	4,585
#498	Parsons	67,310	4,587
#499	Frank	67,304	4,587
#500	Harrington	66,959	4,611
#501	Glover	66,858	4,618
#502	Osborne	66,827	4,620
#503	Buchanan	66,648	4,632

Who is named Patton

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

73% of people named Patton identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pattons

24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paula Patton
American actress (born 1975)
Will Patton
American actor, born 1954
Candice Patton
American actress, born 1985
Mike Patton
American singer, born 1968
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician (1891–1934)
Mel Patton
American athletics competitor (1924-2014)
Darvis Patton
American sprinter, born 1977
Mark Patton
American actor, born 1959
Virginia Patton
Actress, 1925–2022
Ted Patton
American rower, born 1966
Dylan Patton
American actor and model, born 1992
Justin Patton
American basketball player (born 1997)

Notable Pattons come mostly from the United States (23) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Patton

Patton 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 Patton?: 66,293 people in the United States had the surname Patton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,657 Americans. It ranked 506th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Patton?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Patton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Patton?: Paula Patton, American actress (born 1975), followed by Will Patton.
Where is the surname Patton most common?: Wikidata records people named Patton in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Patton?: Patton is /ˈpætən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Patton getting more or less common?: More common. 64,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 66,293 in 2010, up 2.3%.