The Hartman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 64,106 people carried this name — #524 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (63,827).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hartman surname
Hartman: a surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hartman» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
645 people named Hartman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 800 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 186 people named Hartman 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 165 people named Hartman live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Hartman.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Meuse.
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
46 people named Hartman live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 the Nordic population registers
1,125 people named Hartman are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hartman in American newspapers,
1896–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 309,371 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hartman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carl Hartman 1824–1884 · botanist -
Viktor Hartmann 1834–1873 · architect -
Jacobus Johannes Hartman 1851–1924 · poet -
Ellen Hartman 1860–1945 · actor
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Charles S. Hartman 1861–1929 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 205 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hartman.
- Harte 3,202 · U.S. census
- Hartel 973 · U.S. census
- Hartenstein 683 · U.S. census
- Harter 10,020 · U.S. census
- Hartert 183 · U.S. census
- Harth 847 · U.S. census
- Hartmann 11,000 · U.S. census
- Hartung 5,148 · U.S. census
- Hartweg 125 · U.S. census
- Hartz 4,153 · U.S. census
- Hartzer 162 · U.S. census
- Harvey 115,662 · U.S. census
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