The Bartholomew surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,339 people carried this name — #2,374 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 14,696 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bartholomew surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Bartholomew’.

An early record he cites: Robert Bartelmeu, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 81 · public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

31 people named Bartholomew is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 31

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).

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Bartholomew was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Kent: 18 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 556. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Kent 18
Lincolnshire 11

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

95 families named Bartholomew, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 559 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 46
Pennsylvania 27
New York 12
Vermont 6
North Carolina 3
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 228 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bartholomew in American newspapers,
1885–1903.

Newspaper page from Southern Standard carrying the name Bartholomew
Southern Standard 1885-12-12
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Bartholomew
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1903-01-03
Newspaper page from Grant County Herald carrying the name Bartholomew
Grant County Herald 1892-12-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,543 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bartholomew in Australian newspapers,
1810s–1990s.

22,003 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bartholomew. The most, 3,717, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 11,908
New South Wales 4,833
Victoria 2,204
South Australia 1,955
Western Australia 477
Tasmania 463
ACT (Canberra) 113
Northern Territory 7

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bartholomew.

Who carried it

People named Bartholomew,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Bartholomew
    Mary Bartholomew 1726–
  • Elizabeth Watton d. 1775
  • Leonard Bartholomew d. 1730
  • F. W. Bartholomew d. 1952
  • Susanna Cunninghame-Graham Bartholomew d. 1911
  • Alexandra Bartholomew d. 2015

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bartholomew,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,204 records

1,204 records of the Bartholomew name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 475
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 219
  • Other U.S. records 510
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael M. Bartholomew

    Born 1945; from San Francisco, California. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1969 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul B. Bartholomew

    Born 1920 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Kalamazoo; driver from Kent County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Grand Rapids Home For Veterans Cemetery, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cath Bartholomew

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the France from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 50; spinner. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,204 records for Bartholomew in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia421 records

421 records of the Bartholomew name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 197
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 107
  • Other Australian records 117
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Joseph Bartholomew

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Baring, arriving 1819; certificate of freedom 1825.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Bartholomew

    Arrived in Queensland in 1891 aboard the Jumna, aged 18.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Bartholomew

    Gentleman of Glenhuntly, Victoria; died 1928.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 421 records for Bartholomew in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada43 records

43 records of the Bartholomew name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 23
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 7
  • Other Canadian records 13
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Joseph Bartholomew

    Killed in 1918 at the Allan Shaft, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Thomas Hamilton Bartholomew

    Died 1958; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Thomas Wilson Bartholomew

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 43 records for Bartholomew in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom28 records

28 records of the Bartholomew name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 14
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 9
  • Other British records 5
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Margaret Bartholomew

    Buried in 1884 at Valley Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 73.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Bartholomew

    Buried in 1827 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 36.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record George Hugh Freeland Bartholomew

    Died 1917. Named in the Merchiston Castle School roll of honour 1914-1919.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Showing 3 of 28 records for Bartholomew in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Bartholomew name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Agnes Fogo Rankin Bartholomew

    Died 1910 in Rotterdam, aged 64.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Bartholomew in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Bartholomew name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Kenneth John Bartholomew

    Born 1925 in Dieppe; died 1995 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Diane Bartholomew

    Born 1891 in Chantilly (Oise); died 1978 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daisy Bartholomew

    Born 1891 in Chantilly (Oise); died 1973 in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Bartholomew name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Zeta Ann Bartholomew

    Died 1936, aged 44; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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