The Baptiste surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,353 people carried this name — #4,448 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,644 people named Baptiste.
85 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
59 people named Baptiste live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 50 people named Baptiste 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 Liège.
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
Baptiste in American newspapers,
1866–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,484 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Baptiste,
with a public archive behind them.
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Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture 1742–1816 · politician -
Nicolas Anselme Baptiste 1761–1835 · actor -
Cyril Baptiste 1949–2006 · basketball player -
Bryan J. Baptiste 1955–2008 · politician -
Christian Baptiste 1962– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 78 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baptiste.
- Banton 1,873 · U.S. census
- Banville 677 · U.S. census
- Bany 188 · U.S. census
- Banzet 178 · U.S. census
- Bapst 290 · U.S. census
- Baptista 3,050 · U.S. census
- Baque 231 · U.S. census
- Baquero 720 · U.S. census
- Baquet 308 · U.S. census
- Bar 759 · U.S. census
- Bara 2,257 · U.S. census
- Baraban 147 · U.S. census
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