Explore the Family Name Batac

The meaning of Batac

Filipino: 1. from a Hispanicized form of Ilokano and Tagalog batak ‘to help, to pull’, probably used as a nickname for someone who is helpful. 2. habitational name from the city of Batac in northern Philippines.

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How common is the last name Batac in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Batac experienced a significant leap in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Batac was ranked 61,713th most common surname in the United States but by 2010 it had risen to 45,886th, showing an improvement of over 25 percent. In terms of the number of individuals with this surname, there was an even more dramatic increase, with a growth of nearly 53 percent, from 304 people in 2000 to 465 in 2010. The proportion of those bearing the name Batac per 100,000 people also grew by over 45 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,713	#45,886	25.65%
Count	304	465	52.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.16	45.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Batac

In terms of ethnicity according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the vast majority of individuals with the surname Batac identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in both 2000 and 2010, accounting for over 91 percent of all Batacs. While there was a slight decrease in this group of less than one percent, the proportion of Batacs identifying with two or more races saw an increase of over 24 percent between the two censuses. Those identifying as white accounted for roughly 4 percent of all Batacs, with a small decrease of around 7 percent between the two census years. There were no Batacs who identified as Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	92.11%	91.61%	-0.54%
Two or More Races	3.29%	4.09%	24.32%
White	3.95%	3.66%	-7.34%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%