The Hartzell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,494 people carried this name — #5,361 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,389 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hartzell surname

Variant of Herzel.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hartzell» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the Nordic population registers

291 people named Hartzell 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

Sweden (2022) 248
Finland (2026) 43

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

Hartzell in American newspapers,
1894–1909.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Hartzell
Fergus County Argus 1894-05-31
Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Hartzell
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1909-08-09
Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Hartzell
Fergus County Argus 1901-03-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,590 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hartzell in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hartzell. The most, 9, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 12
Western Australia 10
New South Wales 7
South Australia 2
Tasmania 2
Victoria 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hartzell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Hartzell
    William Hartzell 1837–1903 · judge
  • Roy Hartzell
    Roy Hartzell 1881–1961 · baseball player
  • Erik Hartzell 1670–1757 · politician
  • Oscar Hartzell 1876–1943 · impostor
  • Nils Hartzell 1885–1962 · athletics competitor
  • Albert Hartzell 1891–1972 · entomologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hartzell,
in the records of 4 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 States386 records

386 records of the Hartzell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 256
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eugene J. Hartzell

    Born 1922 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; stock clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald F. Hartzell

    Born 1948; from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. U.S. Navy, gunner's mate; killed in action 1970 in Kien Giang, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richard Edwin Hartzell

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1999; buried at Northlawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 386 records for Hartzell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Hartzell name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Luther Franklin Hartzell

    Died 1935 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Horace Hartzell

    Buried in 1970 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Hartzell name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Hartzell

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Cleopatra, bound for Melbourne, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Hartzell name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Raine/Rainer Hartzell

    Born 1914 in Pyhäjärvi Ul; farmer. Died in 1941 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Hyvinkää.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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