The Baumgartner surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 11,078 people carried this name — #2,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
10,984 people named Baumgartner live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 840 people named Baumgartner.
87 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Haut-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 Poland’s population register
44 people named Baumgartner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 113 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Baumgartner in American newspapers,
1902–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,910 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Baumgartner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans der Ältere Baumgartner 1456–1527 · merchant -
Anton Baumgartner 1761–1831 · jurist -
Andreas von Baumgartner 1793–1865 · naturalist -
Gallus Jacob Baumgartner 1797–1869 · politician -
Wilhelm Baumgartner 1820–1867 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 237 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baumgartner.
- Baumer 2,126 · U.S. census
- Baumert 920 · U.S. census
- Baumes 159 · U.S. census
- Baumgart 2,432 · U.S. census
- Baumgarten 2,391 · U.S. census
- Baumgarth 120 · U.S. census
- Baune 428 · U.S. census
- Baur 3,064 · U.S. census
- Baures 196 · U.S. census
- Baus 1,107 · U.S. census
- Bausch 1,608 · U.S. census
- Baute 343 · U.S. census
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