Surname Checker / Patterson
How Common Is the Last Name Patterson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Patterson today
227,449
Ranked #117 of 162,254 published surnames · 69.64 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 205,423 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
67.27%
Black
26.8%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.47%
Hispanic
2.43%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.