Bapst surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bapst surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 276 people carried this name — #70,833 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 5% from 290 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

922 people named Bapst live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Fribourg 659
Vaud 73
Bern 44
Geneva 40
Valais 29
Jura 20
Zurich 17
Solothurn 9

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 406 people named Bapst.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Bas-Rhin 274
Paris 27
Haut-Rhin 22
Meurthe-et-Moselle 11
Moselle 6
Seine-et-Marne 5
Haute-Savoie 4
Jura 4

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

Who carried it

People named Bapst,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Valentin Babst d. 1556 · publisher
  • Theobald Bapst 1496–1564 · jurist
  • Michael Bapst 1540–1603 · writer
  • Anna Bapst 1578–1615
  • Laurentius Bapst 1599–1672 · physician
  • Gottfried Bapst 1620–1682 · notary

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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