The Bartsch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,381 people carried this name — #12,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 2,409 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bartsch surname
German surname Bärtsch, Germanized from a Slavic pet form of Bartholomaeus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bartsch» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,086 people named Bartsch live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 Poland’s population register
151 people named Bartsch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 214 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Bartsch.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
57 people named Bartsch 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
Bartsch in American newspapers,
1879–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,949 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bartsch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Gottfried Bartsch d. 1690 · artist
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Johan Bartsch d. 1600 · painter
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Ernst Georg Bartsch d. 2000 · painter
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Zacharias Bartsch d. 1588 · publisher
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Jerzy Henryk Bartsch d. 1718
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Johann Christian Bartsch d. 1803
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bartsch.
- Bartolomeo 1,074 · U.S. census
- Bartolozzi 195 · U.S. census
- Bartolucci 442 · U.S. census
- Barton 68,233 · U.S. census
- Bartos 2,751 · U.S. census
- Bartosik 557 · U.S. census
- Barty 137 · U.S. census
- Bartz 5,781 · U.S. census
- Baruch 1,079 · U.S. census
- Barus 157 · U.S. census
- Barut 368 · U.S. census
- Bary 399 · U.S. census
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