The Baptista surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,050 people carried this name — #9,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
833 people named Baptista live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 241 people named Baptista.
Most of them — 143 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Baptista live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Baptista in American newspapers,
1880–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,739 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Baptista,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariano Baptista 1832–1907 · lawyer -
Manuel Baptista da Cunha 1843–1913 · Catholic priest -
Abdon Baptista 1851–1922 · politician -
Joseph Baptista 1864–1930 · lawyer -
António Baptista 1865–1927 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
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