The Oertel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,047 people carried this name — #24,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 984 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 132 people named Oertel.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-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 Switzerland’s population statistics
89 people named Oertel live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
Who carried it
People named Oertel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hieronymus Oertel 1544–1614 · historian -
Sigmund Oertel d. 1525
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Carl Oertel d. 1539
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Andreas Oertel d. 2003
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Sebald Oertel 1494–1552
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Siegmund Oertel 1516–1585
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oertel.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Oertel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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