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    The surname Baumgartner

    A German surname, carried by 11,448 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˌbɔmˈɡɑɹt.nəɹ/ 3 syllables Soundex B526

    Baumgartner: #3,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Baumgartner #3,156, 11,448 people Baumgartner: #3,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baumgartner #3,156, 11,448 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baumgartner is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Baumgartner (literally “tree gardener”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,448 people named Baumgartner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,969 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,078.

    #3,156
    rank among US surnames
    11,448
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,995)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,147Forsythe11,48926,873
    #3,148Newby11,48326,887
    #3,149Lor11,47926,897
    #3,150Sample11,47126,915
    #3,151Barbee11,47026,918
    #3,152Butterfield11,46826,922
    #3,153Franz11,46226,936

    Who is named Baumgartner

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

    95% of people named Baumgartner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Baumgartners

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Felix Baumgartner
      Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025)
    • Christoph Baumgartner
      Austrian association football player (born 1999)
    • Brian Baumgartner
      American actor, born 1972
    • Bruce Baumgartner
      American wrestler, born 1960
    • Nick Baumgartner
      American snowboarder, born 1981
    • Hubert Baumgartner
      Austrian footballer and manager, born 1955
    • Dominik Baumgartner
      Austrian association football player, born 1996
    • Gregor Baumgartner
      Austrian ice hockey defenceman, born 1979
    • Beate Baumgartner
      Austrian singer, born 1983
    • Michael Baumgartner
      American politician (born 1975)
    • Gerald Baumgartner
      Austrian association football player, born 1964

    Notable Baumgartners come mostly from Austria (7) and the United States (4).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baumgartner

    Baumgartner has the Soundex code B526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B526.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baumgartner come from?
    Borrowed from German Baumgartner (literally “tree gardener”).
    How common is the surname Baumgartner?
    11,448 people in the United States had the surname Baumgartner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,969 Americans. It ranked 3,156th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baumgartner?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Baumgartner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Baumgartner?
    Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025), followed by Christoph Baumgartner.
    Where is the surname Baumgartner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baumgartner in Austria and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Baumgartner?
    Baumgartner is /ˌbɔmˈɡɑɹt.nəɹ/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Baumgartner getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,448 in 2010, up 3.3%.