# Bartlett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bartlett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name from a pet form of Bartholomew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 43,648 |
| US rank (2010) | 791 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,074 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (42,512 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tlət/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The pear was named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Massachusetts, after himself.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bartlett in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bartlett in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bartlett

- Bonnie Bartlett, American actress
- Josiah Bartlett, American physician and judge, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1729–1795)
- Murray Bartlett, Australian actor
- Robin Bartlett, American actress
- Albert Allen Bartlett, American professor of physics (1923–2013)
- Roscoe Bartlett, American politician (born 1926)
- Dewey F. Bartlett, American politician (1919–1979)
- Sabrina Bartlett, actress
- Bob Bartlett, American politician (1904-1968)
- Craig Bartlett, American animator
- Hall Bartlett, American filmmaker (1922-1993)
- Steven Bartlett, British businessman and podcaster (born 1992)

and 15 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bartelt, Bartolotta, Bartley, Bartholomew, Bartels, Bartel, Bartell, Barthel, Bartolo, Bartolome, Barthelemy, Bardales.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.