How common is the surname Bartels?

8,809 people in the United States had the surname Bartels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,049 Americans. It ranked 4,032nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bartels?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bartels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bartels?

Wolfgang Bartels, alpine skier (1940–2007), followed by Edward Bartels.

Where is the surname Bartels most common?

Wikidata records people named Bartels in Germany and the United States.

Is the surname Bartels getting more or less common?

More common. 8,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,809 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Bartels

A surname, carried by 8,809 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bartels is more common than 97.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,809 people named Bartels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,049 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,478.

#4,032

rank among US surnames

8,809

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,848)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,024	Fung	8,837	34,938
#4,025	Hutchings	8,833	34,954
#4,026	Himes	8,831	34,962
#4,027	Frame	8,827	34,977
#4,028	Creel	8,815	35,025
#4,029	Fortin	8,814	35,029
#4,031	Dodds	8,813	35,033

Who is named Bartels

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Bartels identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bartelss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wolfgang Bartels
Alpine skier (1940–2007)
Edward Bartels
American basketball player (1925–2007)

Notable Bartelss come mostly from Germany (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bartels

Bartels has the Soundex code B634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B634.

Questions

How common is the surname Bartels?: 8,809 people in the United States had the surname Bartels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,049 Americans. It ranked 4,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bartels?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bartels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bartels?: Wolfgang Bartels, alpine skier (1940–2007), followed by Edward Bartels.
Where is the surname Bartels most common?: Wikidata records people named Bartels in Germany and the United States.
Is the surname Bartels getting more or less common?: More common. 8,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,809 in 2010, up 3.9%.