The Baumgart surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,469 people carried this name — #12,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,432 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Baumgart surname
From Baum + Garten, literally “tree garden”.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Baumgart» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
779 people named Baumgart have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 907 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 145 people named Baumgart.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
114 people named Baumgart 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 74 people named Baumgart 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 Misiones.
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
29 people named Baumgart 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
Baumgart in American newspapers,
1896–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,038 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Baumgart,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Baumgart 1514–1578 · teacher
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Bálint Baumgart 1610–1672 · pastor
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Expedit Baumgart 1817–1871 · pedagogue
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Hermann Baumgart 1843–1926 · university teacher
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Therese Tannenbaum 1854–1943
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Ernst Baumgart 1858–1938 · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baumgart.
- Baumann 14,644 · U.S. census
- Baumeister 1,654 · U.S. census
- Baumel 295 · U.S. census
- Baumer 2,199 · U.S. census
- Baumert 1,019 · U.S. census
- Baumes 167 · U.S. census
- Baumgarten 2,445 · U.S. census
- Baumgarth 138 · U.S. census
- Baumgartner 11,448 · U.S. census
- Baune 469 · U.S. census
- Baur 3,127 · U.S. census
- Baures 231 · U.S. census
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