The Bittner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,163 people carried this name — #3,870 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (9,185).
In Poland’s population register
460 people named Bittner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 606 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 Silesian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
113 people named Bittner live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Bittner.
17 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 44 people named Bittner 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.
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
21 people named Bittner 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
Bittner in American newspapers,
1901–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,365 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bittner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques Bittner 1601–1601 · composer -
Adam Bittner 1777–1844 · astronomer -
August Josef Bittner d. 1946 · military officer
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David Aemilianus Bittner 1607–1672 · Catholic priest
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Philipp Bittner 1664–1729 · teacher
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Norbert Bittner 1786–1851 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bittner.
- Biston 160 · U.S. census
- Biton 210 · U.S. census
- Bittel 508 · U.S. census
- Bitter 2,618 · U.S. census
- Bittermann 125 · U.S. census
- Bittmann 181 · U.S. census
- Bitton 1,131 · U.S. census
- Bitz 1,295 · U.S. census
- Biven 432 · U.S. census
- Biver 177 · U.S. census
- Bixel 337 · U.S. census
- Bizeau 112 · U.S. census
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