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The Hartz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,153 people carried this name — #7,966 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,867 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 338 people named Hartz.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Bas-Rhin 150
Moselle 51
Meurthe-et-Moselle 33
Paris 23
Haut-Rhin 16
Côte-d’Or 5
Var 5
Marne 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Hartz live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.

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

Where they live today

Basel-Stadt 8
Bern 6
Zurich 4
Geneva 3
Nidwalden 3
Vaud 3

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 print

Hartz in American newspapers,
1911–1925.

Newspaper page from Eagle River Review carrying the name Hartz
Eagle River Review 1911-03-10
Newspaper page from Ladysmith News-budget carrying the name Hartz
Ladysmith News-budget 1911-03-10
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Hartz
The Milwaukee Leader 1925-05-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,215 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hartz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Hartz
    Louis Hartz 1869–1935 · artist
  • Hugo von Waldeyer-Hartz
    Hugo von Waldeyer-Hartz 1876–1942 · writer
  • Bernhard Hartz 1781–1822 · missionary
  • Sophie Hartz 1805–1850 · painter
  • Heinrich Hartz 1834–1901 · teacher
  • Heinrich Hartz 1834–1901 · teacher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Hartz.

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