The Barth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,579 people carried this name — #2,474 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 14,283 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,773 people named Barth.
92 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,166 people named Barth live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 346 people named Barth 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 Poland’s population register
106 people named Barth have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 176 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 80 people named Barth 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
574 people named Barth are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Barth in American newspapers,
1906–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,936 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Barth d. 1647 · student
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Georg Barth d. 1556 · beamter
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Caspar von Barth d. 1553 · jurist
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Karl Frederick Barth d. 2016 · mathematician
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Jakub Barth d. 1519 · goldsmith
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Anna Rebecka Barth d. 1711
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barth.
- Barta 4,678 · U.S. census
- Bartczak 302 · U.S. census
- Barte 238 · U.S. census
- Barteau 275 · U.S. census
- Bartel 5,568 · U.S. census
- Bartels 8,809 · 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
- Bartholet 174 · U.S. census
- Bartholome 199 · U.S. census
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