The Bartel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,568 people carried this name — #6,152 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,431 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bartel surname
A surname from Germanic.
From the German personal name Bartholf; modernized from Old High German Bardil.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bartel» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
766 people named Bartel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 910 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 Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 350 people named Bartel 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 150 people named Bartel.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
81 people named Bartel live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 55 people named Bartel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bartel in American newspapers,
1889–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,748 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bartel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anton Bartel 1853–1938 · writer -
Anton Bartel 1853–1938 · writer
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Klement Bartel d. 1911
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Ferdinand Bartel 1840–1910 · lawyer
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Cäcilie Bartel 1868–
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Henry Cornelius Bartel 1872–1965 · missionary
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bartel.
- Barsotti 731 · U.S. census
- Bart 2,515 · U.S. census
- Barta 4,678 · U.S. census
- Bartczak 302 · U.S. census
- Barte 238 · U.S. census
- Barteau 275 · U.S. census
- Bartels 8,809 · U.S. census
- Barth 14,579 · U.S. census
- Barthe 344 · U.S. census
- Barthel 3,620 · U.S. census
- Barthelemy 2,291 · U.S. census
- Barthelme 242 · U.S. census
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