The Bateman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,001 people carried this name — #1,893 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 18,313 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bateman surname
From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bateman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 19 births for the Bateman name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Cork and Dublin.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Bateman.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Nord.
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 print
Bateman in American newspapers,
1884–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 110,094 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bateman,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Bateman d. 1758 · politician
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John Bateman d. 1825 · printer
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Harry Bateman d. 1976 · painter
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Charles Bateman d. 1685
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Jessie Marion Atkinson Bazley d. 1947
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Thomas Bateman d. 1847
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bateman.
- Bastos 827 · U.S. census
- Batac 465 · U.S. census
- Bataille 463 · U.S. census
- Batal 147 · U.S. census
- Batalla 943 · U.S. census
- Batel 221 · U.S. census
- Bath 2,945 · U.S. census
- Batin 279 · U.S. census
- Batis 276 · U.S. census
- Batista 18,323 · U.S. census
- Batiste 6,640 · U.S. census
- Batlle 263 · U.S. census
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