The Sartorius surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 379 people carried this name — #54,418 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 388 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sartorius surname
From sartorius (“anatomy: a muscle”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sartorius» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Sartorius.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nord.
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
56 people named Sartorius live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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
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 Sartorius,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Sartorius 1500–1557 · preacher -
Rose Sartorius d. 1905
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Kunigunde Sartorius d. 1617
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Ioan Sartorius 1350–1393 · Catholic priest
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Dietrich Sartorius 1500– · theologian
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Johannes Sartorius 1527–1544 · student
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sartorius.
- Sartini 236 · U.S. census
- Sartor 2,351 · U.S. census
- Sartore 232 · U.S. census
- Sartori 2,040 · U.S. census
- Sartorio 223 · U.S. census
- Sartoris 254 · U.S. census
- Sas 770 · U.S. census
- Sassano 879 · U.S. census
- Sasse 1,772 · U.S. census
- Sassi 595 · U.S. census
- Sassin 272 · U.S. census
- Sasso 2,923 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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