The Ortlieb surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 719 people carried this name — #32,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 669 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 161 people named Ortlieb.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
76 people named Ortlieb live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Ortlieb 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
34 people named Ortlieb is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Ortlieb,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Ortlieb d. 1459 · merchant
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Edward Ortlieb 1807–1861 · composer
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Jean Ortlieb 1839–1890 · naturalist
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Friedrich Ortlieb 1839–1909 · artist
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Alfred Ortlieb 1888– · cinematographer
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Nora Ortlieb 1904–1984 · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ortlieb.
- Orta 7,820 · U.S. census
- Ortega 127,256 · U.S. census
- Ortel 320 · U.S. census
- Orth 6,345 · U.S. census
- Ortis 1,584 · U.S. census
- Ortiz 286,899 · U.S. census
- Ortolani 349 · U.S. census
- Orts 197 · U.S. census
- Ortuno 2,058 · U.S. census
- Orville 125 · U.S. census
- Ory 997 · U.S. census
- Orzechowski 1,594 · U.S. census
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