Patterson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Patterson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Paterson also. Refers to Britain's son Patrick.

How popular is Patterson?

Patterson is common in United States.

Patterson is ranked 1763 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Patterson bearers increased by 3.457949 per cent in 2010 US census to 205423 since 2000, the surname slipped by 13 spots and ranked at 117. The last name was found in around 696 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.27 70.09
Black 26.8 25.66
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 1.61
Others 2.35 1.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.37
Patterson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 307364 people have been found who wears Patterson as their family name. Patterson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
45,901 Philippines10
15,965 Azerbaijan10
24,358 Saudi Arabia8
361 Monaco8
1,937 Vietnam8
88,966 Czech Republic7
8,209 Sri Lanka7
705 Gibraltar7
1,985 Afghanistan7
527,030 Indonesia7
144,414 Kazakhstan5
7,210 Kuwait5
13,428 Qatar4
8,905 Cameroon4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
122,390 Belarus4
1,021 Cuba4
325 Anguilla4
2,754 Namibia3
25,074 Greece3
30,723 Georgia3
15,749 Finland3
23,165 Romania3
3,949 Botswana3
18,035 Egypt2
1,235 Belize2
6,266 Luxembourg2
7,574 Bangladesh2
12,844 Pakistan2
900 Laos2
960 Saint Lucia2
5,139 Bolivia2
8,657 Lebanon2
846 American Samoa1
408 Åland1
10,190 Bahrain1
4,249 Cambodia1
13,447 Uganda1
1,542 Andorra1
7,110 Bosnia1
6,820 Angola1
123,175 Tanzania1
318 Montserrat1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
6,033 Benin1
317 Norfolk Island1
799 British Virgin Islands1
2,505 Congo1
24,460 Armenia1
14,373 Jordan1
971 Seychelles1
16,073 Latvia1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
8,859 Iraq1
2,196 Liberia1
4,942 Libya1
3,275 Nepal1
1,572 Macau1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,024 Mongolia1
5,589 Sudan1
49,529 Israel1
746 Dominica1
3,993 El Salvador1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
6,149 Ethiopia1
113 Falkland Islands1
2,232 French Polynesia1
14,644 Tunisia1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,941 Guatemala1
20,172 Hungary1
2,057 Myanmar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
201 Bermuda44
299 Isle of Man41
173 Cayman Islands37
3,075 Cyprus34
114,425 Ukraine34
29,376 United Arab Emirates32
493 United States Virgin Islands30
595 Jersey28
838 Guam24
1,865 China24
3,343 Senegal23
3,329 Japan21
606 Guernsey18
514 South Korea17
7,133 Thailand17
1,286 Malta16
11,059 Nigeria13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,861 Bulgaria93
176,510 India87
10,596 Colombia87
9,698 Norway79
6,029 Portugal74
22,440 Belgium74
12,704 Sweden73
268 Grenada70
2,992 Puerto Rico68
89,803 Germany57
10,614 Denmark54
5,773 Singapore53
27,191 Zimbabwe51
Countries with hundreds of Patterson:
377 Wales914
766 Ireland912
166 Guyana704
323 Trinidad and Tobago695
9,299 Argentina582
744 Nicaragua578
17,889 France539
10,157 Kenya471
974 Panama408
30,072 Brazil397
15,860 Poland382
89 Vanuatu294
13,221 Spain263
71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines236
36,798 Italy235
767 Costa Rica227
9,201 Malaysia202
10,100 Peru171
7,350 Switzerland162
302 The Bahamas153
9,538 Venezuela151
31,070 Turkey140
20,168 Netherlands133
9,948 Austria131
1,845 Hong Kong130
1,036 Fiji122
99,167 Russia118
8,701 Chile108
1,132 Suriname107
455 Barbados101
Countries with thousands of Patterson:
1,310 South Africa5,096
36 Northern Ireland4,257
119 Jamaica3,962
232 Scotland3,229
157 New Zealand3,065
264 Papua New Guinea2,740
1,675 Ghana1,997
4,600 Mexico1,387
Countries with ten thousands of Patterson:
172 Canada18,857
325 England18,811
204 Australia12,297
Countries with hundred thousands of Patterson:
105 United States220,337
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Alexander Patterson was 23 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 25, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as printer and took Robert Parks from Liverpool. Sarah Patterson, 11 years old John Patterson, Thomas Patterson (9), Jas. Patterson, Hugh Patterson, 3 years old Mary-Jane Patterson, 40 years old John Patterson, James Patterson (28) Workman, and 478 other Patterson around 46.96% of whom were workman while others worked as weaver and merchant, farmer, smith, spinster, servant, carpenter, tailoress, mason, mechanic, shoemaker, seamstress, bonnet maker/ hatter migrated to US.

Patterson Namesakes

  • Andrae Patterson, Basketball player
  • Gary Patterson, Football coach
  • Patrick Patterson, Basketball player
  • Ada Patterson, Journalist
  • Austin H. Patterson, Politician
  • Alecia Patterson, Actress
  • Tammi Patterson, Tennis player
  • Alicia Patterson, Comic strip creator
  • Clayton Patterson, Artist
  • America Patterson, Avery Patterson's mother
  • In 2017 horror, thriller flick, Close Calls, Carmen Patterson played Brynn Collins.
  • In 2016, Chester 'Cheetah' Patterson portrayed the role of Woodrow 'Midget' Wilson in comedy movie Janitors.
  • Edsel Love Patterson characterized the minor role of Darryl Presely in 0 action film Unintended.
  • James Patterson, from 2014 drama and mystery film Airtight, who played Connor.
  • Alyssa Patterson, from 2011 comedy, horror flick Si9ns, who characterized September.
  • Bobby Earl Patterson, from 2009 thriller movie Ten Cents Short, who portrayed Bobby.

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