The Battista surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,136 people carried this name — #7,997 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,973 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Battista surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Battista» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,629 people named Battista live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 193 people named Battista.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 88 people named Battista 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 Limburg.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
85 people named Battista live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
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
Battista in American newspapers,
1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,806 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Battista,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Battista 1610–1675 · poet -
Giovanni Battista Bussi de Pretis 1721–1800 · Catholic priest -
Giovanni Battista d. 1501 · Catholic priest
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Giovanni Battista Piccaglia 1590–1660 · typographer
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Karl Jakob Battista 1766–1825 · archivist
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Vincenzo Battista 1823–1873 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Battista.
- Battaglia 8,308 · U.S. census
- Battaglini 409 · U.S. census
- Batte 723 · U.S. census
- Battel 166 · U.S. census
- Battie 239 · U.S. census
- Battin 1,286 · U.S. census
- Battistella 272 · U.S. census
- Battistelli 346 · U.S. census
- Battisti 747 · U.S. census
- Battistini 321 · U.S. census
- Battiston 118 · U.S. census
- Battistoni 478 · U.S. census
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