Bateson
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Frequency: (483)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Northern English and Scottish: patronymic from Bate (see Bartholomew).
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Mentioned in
Bateson, William
(British biologist)
The Golden Rabbit
(1962 Crime Film)
Bill Moyers' World of Ideas: Dissolving Boundaries
(1989 Culture & Society Film)
Echoes of Louisa
(1981 TV Series)
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