# Bartsch (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,381 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,914 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 129,671 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (2,409 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German surname Bärtsch, Germanized from a Slavic pet form of Bartholomaeus. Compare Bartholomew.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bartsch 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bartsch in the Austrian Empire, Austria and Switzerland.

## People named Bartsch

- Adam Bartsch, Austrian painter, writer and engravings expert (1757-1821)
- Rudolf Hans Bartsch, Austrian writer (1873-1952)
- Susanne Bartsch, American socialite and activist

## Similar surnames

Bertsch, Bratcher, Bartz, Bartos, Burtch, Bartek, Bartosh, Bridges, Bradshaw, Burdick, Beardsley, Bridge.

## 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.