The Baltazar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,045 people carried this name — #2,767 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,600 people counted. That is up 51% from 8,650 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,830 people named Baltazar 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
120 people named Baltazar live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 62 people named Baltazar.
Most of them — 32 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Baltazar in American newspapers,
1920–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,972 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Baltazar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Apcar Baltazar 1880–1909 · illustrator -
Clare Rilloraza Baltazar 1927–2024 · entomologist -
Constantin-Radu Baltazar d. 2018 · politician
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Noël Baltazar 1772–1837 · soldier
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Jacques-Henry Baltazar d'Arcy 1776–1847
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Pierre Baltazar 1802–1870 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baltazar.
- Balot 173 · U.S. census
- Bals 176 · U.S. census
- Balsamo 2,185 · U.S. census
- Balsan 131 · U.S. census
- Balson 249 · U.S. census
- Balta 330 · U.S. census
- Baltes 1,476 · U.S. census
- Balthasar 101 · U.S. census
- Balthazar 915 · U.S. census
- Baltimore 2,165 · U.S. census
- Baltus 243 · U.S. census
- Baltz 2,189 · U.S. census
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