Explore the Family Name Batley

The meaning of Batley

English: 1. habitational name from Batley in Yorkshire, named with the Old English personal name Bata + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. 2. variant of Beatley.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Batley has seen a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Batley ranked 36,807 in popularity and dropped to rank 40,082 in 2010, representing an 8.9% decrease in its standing among surnames in the United States. The census count also showed a small reduction in the number of people with this last name, dropping from 572 in 2000 to 547 in 2010, a decline of 4.37%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,807	#40,082	-8.9%
Count	572	547	-4.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Batley

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Batley varied somewhat between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this proportion slightly decreased from 89.16% in 2000 to 87.39% in 2010. Over the same period, the percentage of those who self-identified as Hispanic saw a significant increase, jumping from 2.10% to 6.58%. Conversely, the proportion of people identifying themselves as Black decreased by 37.25%, falling from 6.12% to 3.84%. Those identifying as two or more races increased modestly from 1.57% to 1.83%, while counts for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities remained suppressed or at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	89.16%	87.39%	-1.99%
Hispanic	2.1%	6.58%	213.33%
Black	6.12%	3.84%	-37.25%
Two or More Races	1.57%	1.83%	16.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%