How Many People Have the Last Name Patterson?
people had the surname Patterson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,436 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+6,866 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Patterson (67.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 26.8%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Patterson ranks #80. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 70.1% to 67.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Patterson grew from 198,557 people in 2000 to 205,423 in 2010 (up 3.5%), and its rank fell from #104 to #117. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 73.6 to 69.64 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 198,557 | 205,423 |
| Rank | #104 | #117 |
| Per 100,000 people | 73.6 | 69.64 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Patterson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Patterson: P362
👤 Patterson as a First Name
Patterson is a first name too: about 389 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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