Battle

Battle is the 1,417th most common surname in the United States, shared by 24,481 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 12,200.

By the numbers

People: 24,481
Rank: 1,417th
How common: 1 in 12,200
Per 100,000: 8.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Middle English

Capitalization of battle.

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

Who bears the name

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

Black, not Hispanic 75.3%
White, not Hispanic 15.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Battle

Simone Battle (1989–2014)American singer and dancer
Sam Battle (born 1989)English singer-songwriter, music producer and YouTuber
Kathleen Battle (born 1948)American opera singer
Texas Battle (born 1976)American actor

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

Surnames like Battle

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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.