The Batty surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,200 people carried this name — #13,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,068 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Batty surname
From Batte, a Middle English pet-form of Bartholomew.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Batty» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Batty.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often La Réunion.
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
Batty in American newspapers,
1885–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,336 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Batty,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Batty 1763–1849 · physician -
William Batty 1823–1893 · businessperson -
Thomas Batty 1832–1903 · animal trainer -
Frances Batty d. 1801
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Elizabeth Batty 1758–1832
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Robert Batty 1789–1848 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Batty.
- 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
- Batton 2,913 · U.S. census
- Baty 3,391 · U.S. census
- Bau 593 · U.S. census
- Baucher 149 · U.S. census
- Baud 244 · U.S. census
- Baude 172 · U.S. census
- Baudean 114 · U.S. census
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