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The Batt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,622 people carried this name — #9,026 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,557 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 416 people named Batt.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Bas-Rhin 211
Meurthe-et-Moselle 40
Haut-Rhin 33
Paris 21
Aube 13
Moselle 12
Territoire de Belfort 9
Seine-Maritime 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

129 people named Batt live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 80
Zurich 25
Aargau 11
St. Gallen 7
Basel-Landschaft 3
Solothurn 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Batt in American newspapers,
1865–1924.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Batt
The Indianapolis Times 1924-05-07
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Batt
South Bend News-times 1924-05-07
Newspaper page from Worcester Daily Spy carrying the name Batt
Worcester Daily Spy 1865-09-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 140,894 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Batt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charlotte Knox d. 1905
  • Thomas Batt d. 1897
  • Elizabeth Batt d. 1857
  • Kathrine Everleigh Batt d. 1941
  • Georgiana Colclough d. 1875
  • Elaine Agnes Batt d. 1990

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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