The Bachman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,057 people carried this name — #2,763 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 12,887 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

307 people named Bachman have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 367 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Masovian 68
Greater Poland 35
Lubusz 34
West Pomeranian 30
Lower Silesian 29
Pomeranian 28
Silesian 25
Łódź 16

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 61 people named Bachman live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chubut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Chubut 46
Río Negro 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Bachman.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Paris 9
Hérault 7
Seine-Maritime 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Gard 1
Haute-Garonne 1
Nord 1
Seine-et-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

44 people named Bachman is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 44

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In the first U.S. census, 1790

19 families named Bachman, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 123 people lived in those households, 6.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 16
New York 3

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 228 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bachman in American newspapers,
1909–1921.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Bachman
The Hattiesburg News 1909-11-24
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Bachman
The Hattiesburg News 1909-11-25
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Bachman
Daily Kennebec Journal 1921-08-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,625 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bachman in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

259 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bachman. The most, 83, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 90
Victoria 72
New South Wales 56
South Australia 22
Western Australia 7
Tasmania 4
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bachman.

Who carried it

People named Bachman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Bachman
    John Bachman 1790–1874 · naturalist
  • Maria Martin
    Maria Martin 1796–1863 · artist
  • Lev Bakhman
    Lev Bakhman 1830–1896 · architect
  • Reuben Knecht Bachman
    Reuben Knecht Bachman 1834–1911 · politician
  • Nathan L. Bachman
    Nathan L. Bachman 1878–1937 · judge
  • Lorens Bachman d. 1727 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bachman,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,601 records

1,601 records of the Bachman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 532
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 481
  • Other U.S. records 588
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Albert Carl Bachman

    Born 1948; from Turtlepoint, Pennsylvania. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Grimes District Cemetery, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph B. Bachman

    Born 1916 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1941 at Aberdeen; teacher from Edmunds County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Bowdle, South Dakota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cath Bachman

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the Osprey from Hamburg, aged 27; servant. From Schwarian, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,601 records for Bachman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands695 records

695 records of the Bachman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 340
  • Dutch population registers 290
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 65
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joanna Judith Bachman

    Married in 1847 in Stevensweert; seamstress, born 1821 in Stevensweert. Died 1910 in Stevensweert, aged 88.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Govert Bachman

    Married in 1833 in Warder; farmer. Died 1874 in Warder, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eeltje Pieter Bachman

    Born 1901 in 's-Gravenhage. Died 1971 in De Bilt, aged 70.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 695 records for Bachman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada67 records

67 records of the Bachman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 63
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Henry Bachman

    Died 1873 in Aspotogan Cove, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Clara Maria Bachman

    Died 1998; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Edward Philip Bachman

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 67 records for Bachman in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia18 records

18 records of the Bachman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 13
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Martha Bachman

    Arrived in Queensland in 1882 aboard the Chyebassa, aged 2.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Bachman

    Fisherman of Queenscliff, Victoria; died 1938.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Bachman

    Sailed from Victoria in 1897 aboard the Gera II, bound for Sydney, aged 48.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Bachman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France16 records

16 records of the Bachman name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henri Martial Bachman

    Born 1905 in Marseille; died 1982 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Suzanne Jeanne Bachman

    Born 1911 in Drancy (Paris); died 1975 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henry Augustin Bachman

    Born 1892 in Béziers; died 1974 in La Caunette (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Bachman in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Finland2 records

2 records of the Bachman name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Sven Ernst Bachman

    Born 1919 in Dragsfjärd. Died in 1943 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Mustasaari.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Nils Bachman

    Born 1919. Died in 1943 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Mustasaari.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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