Explore the Family Name Batiz

The meaning of Batiz

Basque (Castilianized as Bátiz): unexplained. It originates from Biscay.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Batiz experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Batiz was ranked 42,134th in terms of popularity and by 2010, it had slipped to 43,077th, marking a dip of 2.24 percent. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Batiz surname grew from 485 in 2000 to 502 in 2010, an increase of 3.51 percent. However, when looking at the proportion per 100k people, there was a decrease of 5.56 percent during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,134	#43,077	-2.24%
Count	485	502	3.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Batiz

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of those bearing the Batiz surname identify as Hispanic. This community experienced a slight increase from 86.60 percent in 2000 to 86.65 percent in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White declined from 11.75 percent to 9.56 percent in the same period. Notably, there was no record of this surname among Asian/Pacific Islanders, those of two or more races, or American Indian and Alaskan Natives in both years. Interestingly, there was a new appearance of the Batiz surname within the Black community in 2010, accounting for 3.78 percent, where there had been no previous record in 2000. It should be noted that any figures marked with (S) were suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	86.6%	86.65%	0.06%
White	11.75%	9.56%	-18.64%
Black	0%	3.78%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%