The Hartwig surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,913 people carried this name — #5,845 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,947 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 346 people named Hartwig 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 231
Entre Ríos 66
Buenos Aires Province 22
Córdoba 17
La Pampa 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

309 people named Hartwig have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 425 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 56
Łódź 49
Silesian 38
Warmian-Masurian 30
Holy Cross 28
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 27
Masovian 22
Lower Silesian 21

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

115 people named Hartwig live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 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

Zurich 24
Graubünden 13
Vaud 12
Bern 11
Lucerne 9
Basel-Landschaft 9
Aargau 8
Basel-Stadt 6

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 30 people named Hartwig.

Most of them — 16 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Ardèche.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Ardèche 4
Bas-Rhin 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Paris 2
Côte-d’Or 1
Haute-Saône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

214 people named Hartwig is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 214

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

Hartwig in American newspapers,
1899–1915.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Hartwig
The Topeka State Journal 1915-11-13
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Hartwig
The Indianapolis Journal 1899-03-11
Newspaper page from Indiana Tribüne carrying the name Hartwig
Indiana Tribüne 1904-09-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,374 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hartwig in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

6,382 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hartwig. The most, 1,743, date from the 1930s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 2,116
New South Wales 1,967
South Australia 1,486
Victoria 554
Western Australia 125
ACT (Canberra) 61
Northern Territory 46
Tasmania 14

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hartwig.

Who carried it

People named Hartwig,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Magister Hartwig d. 1284 · physician
  • Otto Hartwig d. 1915
  • Volckamer Hartwig d. 1375
  • Johannes Hartwig 1610–1683 · physician
  • Konstantin Hartwig 1650– · council member
  • Otto Ludwig Hartwig 1740–1802 · pastor

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hartwig,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,628 records

1,628 records of the Hartwig name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,049
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 183
  • Other U.S. records 396
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward W. Hartwig

    Born 1915 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Niagara Youngstown, New York; mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Walburga Hartwig

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Elbe from Bremen and Southampton, aged 19; servant. From Aeistein, Bavaria, Germany; bound for Rochester.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Vernon G. Hartwig

    Born 1930; from Brantley County, Georgia. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,628 records for Hartwig in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany1,949 records

1,949 records of the Hartwig name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 1,918
  • German emigration and citizenship files 30
  • German estate files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Erwin Hartwig

    Born 1896; from Schl. Haugsdorf, Lauban. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 September 1918; then reported missing in the list of 2 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 403).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Johann Hartwig

    Left Schmidmühlen for North America in 1854; master joiner.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Georg Hartwig

    Estate settled at Hirschbach in 1822; master shoemaker and retired farmer.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,949 records for Hartwig in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands544 records

544 records of the Hartwig name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 342
  • Dutch population registers 199
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Wilhelmus Hartwig

    Married in 1923 in Deventer; coachman. Died 1940 in Deventer, aged 50.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Auguste Marie Louise Hartwig

    Married in 1914 in Schaesberg. Died 1928 in Heerlen, aged 52.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Adriana Maria Hartwig

    Born 1915 in Rotterdam. Died 1944 in Rotterdam, aged 29.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 544 records for Hartwig in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia120 records

120 records of the Hartwig name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 68
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 28
  • Other Australian records 24
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wilhelm Hartwig

    Arrived in Queensland in 1865 aboard the Peter Godeffroy, aged 1.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Harold V. Hartwig

    Garage prop of Grantville, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Zigmunt Hartwig

    Died 1990; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 120 records for Hartwig in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Norway16 records

16 records of the Hartwig name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Louise Hartwig

    Census of 1910: Nygaten, Bergen; of independent means, born 1859 in Bergen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Julius Erwin Hartwig

    Census of 1910: Just Høeghsgate, Kristiania; born 1875 in Germany.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Wilhelmine Hartwig

    Census of 1910: Nygaten, Bergen; of independent means, born 1864 in Bergen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Hartwig in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France11 records

11 records of the Hartwig name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Yvonne Marie Josephine Hartwig

    Born 1919 in Uruguay; died 2000 in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hans Ludwig Artur Hartwig

    Born 1906 in Germany; died 1992 in Varennes-Vauzelles (Nièvre).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Renee Adrienne Hartwig

    Born 1926 in Paris; died 1988 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Hartwig in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Hartwig name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Clifford C. Hartwig

    Buried in 1991 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Nathan Paul Hartwig

    Died 1967; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 2 of 4 records for Hartwig in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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