The Bartels surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,478 people carried this name — #3,848 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,800 people counted.
Free to read. No account, no sign-up.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 224 people named Bartels 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
132 people named Bartels live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Bartels.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Marne.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bartels.
- Bart 2,646 · U.S. census
- Barta 4,313 · U.S. census
- Bartczak 263 · U.S. census
- Barte 184 · U.S. census
- Barteau 251 · U.S. census
- Bartel 5,431 · U.S. census
- Barth 14,283 · U.S. census
- Barthe 367 · U.S. census
- Barthel 3,391 · U.S. census
- Barthelemy 1,717 · U.S. census
- Barthelme 230 · U.S. census
- Bartholet 177 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bartels is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.