How common is the surname Bartsch?

2,381 people in the United States had the surname Bartsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,671 Americans. It ranked 12,914th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bartsch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bartsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bartsch?

Adam Bartsch, Austrian painter, writer and engravings expert (1757-1821), followed by Rudolf Hans Bartsch.

Where is the surname Bartsch most common?

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

Is the surname Bartsch getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,381 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Bartsch

A surname, carried by 2,381 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bartsch is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,381 people named Bartsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,671 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,409.

#12,914

rank among US surnames

2,381

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,914	Bartsch	2,381	129,671
#12,916	Davids	2,380	129,725
#12,921	Godbey	2,379	129,780

Who is named Bartsch

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

95% of people named Bartsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bartschs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adam Bartsch
Austrian painter, writer and engravings expert (1757-1821)
Rudolf Hans Bartsch
Austrian writer (1873-1952)
Susanne Bartsch
American socialite and activist, born 1951

Notable Bartschs come mostly from the Austrian Empire (1), Austria (1) and Switzerland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bartsch

Bartsch has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

Where does the surname Bartsch come from?: German surname Bärtsch, Germanized from a Slavic pet form of Bartholomaeus. Compare Bartholomew.
How common is the surname Bartsch?: 2,381 people in the United States had the surname Bartsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,671 Americans. It ranked 12,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bartsch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bartsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bartsch?: Adam Bartsch, Austrian painter, writer and engravings expert (1757-1821), followed by Rudolf Hans Bartsch.
Where is the surname Bartsch most common?: Wikidata records people named Bartsch in the Austrian Empire, Austria and Switzerland.
Is the surname Bartsch getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,381 in 2010, down 1.2%.