The Bachmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,372 people carried this name — #7,601 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,766 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
10,710 people named Bachmann live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 719 people named Bachmann.
98 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 432 people named Bachmann 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
73 people named Bachmann have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 138 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
108 people named Bachmann are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bachmann in American newspapers,
1897–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,752 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bachmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Josef von Bachmann 1734–1792 · military officer -
Niklaus Franz von Bachmann 1740–1831 · military personnel -
Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann 1837–1920 · mathematician -
Jakab Bachmann 1846–1905 · composer -
Adolf Bachmann 1849–1914 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 164 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bachmann.
- Bacha 779 · U.S. census
- Bache 935 · U.S. census
- Bachelier 172 · U.S. census
- Bacher 1,994 · U.S. census
- Bachini 154 · U.S. census
- Bachler 490 · U.S. census
- Back 8,762 · U.S. census
- Backer 3,380 · U.S. census
- Backert 148 · U.S. census
- Backes 2,421 · U.S. census
- Bacle 108 · U.S. census
- Baco 149 · U.S. census
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