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The Bartolomei surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 805 people carried this name — #29,366 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 765 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bartolomei surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic from the personal name Bartolomeo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bartolomei» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 175 people named Bartolomei.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Corsica.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Corsica 43
Bouches-du-Rhône 41
Var 35
Hérault 6
Creuse 3
Haute-Savoie 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Moselle 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 157 people named Bartolomei 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 77
Córdoba 42
Santa Fe 27
City of Buenos Aires 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Bartolomei live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 19
Vaud 8
Zurich 7
Ticino 4
Graubünden 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Bartolomei,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Aleksei Ivanovitch Bartolomei
    Aleksei Ivanovitch Bartolomei 1784–1839 · military personnel
  • Filippo Bartolomei d. 1501 · Catholic priest
  • Enrico Bartolomei 1815–1901 · painter
  • Luigi Bartolomei 1824–1885 · archaeologist
  • Alfredo Bartolomei 1874–1954 · politician
  • Alfredo Bartolomei 1874–1954 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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