Bateson Surname

78,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Bateson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bartholomew,' from the nick. Bate. The form Bathe below will mark the step by which Bate was reached.

Bate de Butwick, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Bate le Tackman, Lincolnshire, ibid.

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Bateson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,8081:19,8432,823
United States1,7411:208,19020,384
Australia7001:38,5655,009
Canada3001:122,81912,877
Northern Ireland1691:10,9171,687
Israel981:87,32310,358
New Zealand861:52,6558,408
Scotland771:69,5305,379
Ireland741:63,6344,162
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Wales281:110,5198,545
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
France91:7,380,302306,885
Norway91:571,36544,190
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominica11:75,891912
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland751:59,0654,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8411:13,2402,001
Scotland221:170,1466,794
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2221:226,21019,119

Bateson (12) may also be a first name.

Bateson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bartholomew,' from the nick. Bate. The form Bathe below will mark the step by which Bate was reached.

Bate de Butwick, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Bate le Tackman, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Bathe fil. Robert, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Thomas Bateson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Alicia Bate, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Bateson, 1379: ibid.

Adam Bate, 1379: ibid.

Christopher Bateson, of Caton, Lancashire, 1587: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1615. Humphrey Bates and Joane Empson: Marriage Lic. (London).

1621. William Bate and Ann Hill: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

'son of Bate,' a diminutive of Bartholomew, and so = Bateson. Robert Bates sometime minister of the gospel at Spynie, 1747 (Moray).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Bate’s (Son), Bate’s Son v. Bate.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Bate, a pet form of Bartholomew (son of Talmai, furrow).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Bate, Anglo—Saxon, contention.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Bates. —A derivative of Bartholomew. This surname has two principal centres, one in the counties of Leicester, Rutland, and Warwick, and the other in Kent. Prom these centres it has extended to the adjoining counties; but it is essentially a midland and eastern county name. In other parts of England its place is supplied by other forms of the name, or by other derivatives of Bartholomew. Thus, in Cornwall we find Bate, in Dorset and adjacent counties we have numbers of Bartletts, in Yorkshire Batty, in Northumberland Batey, in Oxon Batts, in Notts Bartle, etc. The original name of Bartholomew is now mostly found in the counties of Kent and Lincoln; but in its numerous derivative forms it is scattered over the land.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

(English, Welsh, Irish) This surname means 'son of Bartholomew'.

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Bateson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bateson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bateson is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bateson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bateson is the 78,464th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,170,878 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Bateson are found; 51 percent are found in Northern Europe and 51 percent are found in British Isles. Bateson is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 12 people.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 2,808 people, or 1 in 19,843. In England Bateson is most common in: Lancashire, where 16 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 13 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account England it is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Bateson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bateson has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Bateson last name rose 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 784 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 350 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 1 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 255 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bateson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (46%) in Ireland.

In The United States Bateson are 18.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.17% registered with the political party.

The amount Bateson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 62.07% more than the national average, earning 560,895 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 169.32% more than the national average, earning R 639,996 per year; in United States they earn 3.74% more than the national average, earning $44,761 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.69% more than the national average, earning $50,522 CAD per year.

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