The Barthel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,620 people carried this name — #9,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,391 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,396 people named Barthel.
42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 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
102 people named Barthel live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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/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 44 people named Barthel 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 Luxembourg Province.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Barthel 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
59 people named Barthel is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Barthel in American newspapers,
1886–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,337 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barthel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Melchior Barthel 1625–1672 · sculptor -
Johann Caspar Barthel 1697–1771 · theologian -
Samuel Barthel d. 1738 · docent
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Oswald Barthel d. 1508 · miner
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Oswald Barthel d. 1507 · miner
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Nicolas Barthel 1718–1813 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barthel.
- Barte 238 · U.S. census
- Barteau 275 · U.S. census
- Bartel 5,568 · U.S. census
- Bartels 8,809 · U.S. census
- Barth 14,579 · U.S. census
- Barthe 344 · U.S. census
- Barthelemy 2,291 · U.S. census
- Barthelme 242 · U.S. census
- Bartholet 174 · U.S. census
- Bartholome 199 · U.S. census
- Bartin 112 · U.S. census
- Bartkowiak 925 · U.S. census
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