Batten

6,962 people in the United States were counted with the surname Batten in the 2020 census, making it the 4,914th most common in the country. That is about one person in 42,900.

By the numbers

People: 6,962
Rank: 4,914th
How common: 1 in 42,900
Per 100,000: 2.3

Where the name comes from

English surname, pet form of Batt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Batten described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 82.1%
Black, not Hispanic 10.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 2.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Batten

Jean Batten (1909–1982)New Zealand aviator
Kim Batten (born 1969)American hurdler
Cyia Batten (born 1972)American dancer, model, and actress
Jennifer Batten (born 1957)American musician
Haley Batten (born 1998)American cyclist
Gerard Batten (born 1954)British politician
Miriam Batten (born 1964)British rower
Guin Batten (born 1967)British rower

People named Batten with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Batten

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.