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.
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 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 406 people named Bapst.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 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.
Who carried it
People named Bapst,
with a public archive behind them.
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Valentin Babst d. 1556 · publisher
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Theobald Bapst 1496–1564 · jurist
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Michael Bapst 1540–1603 · writer
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Anna Bapst 1578–1615
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Laurentius Bapst 1599–1672 · physician
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Gottfried Bapst 1620–1682 · notary
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bapst.
- Banse 375 · U.S. census
- Bant 139 · U.S. census
- Banton 2,307 · U.S. census
- Banville 663 · U.S. census
- Bany 176 · U.S. census
- Banzet 166 · U.S. census
- Baptista 3,621 · U.S. census
- Baptiste 8,915 · U.S. census
- Baque 278 · U.S. census
- Baquero 909 · U.S. census
- Baquet 309 · U.S. census
- Bar 999 · U.S. census
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