Bartels Surname

10,455th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53,795 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bartels Surname Definition:

Bartel’s or Bartle’s (Son): v. Bartle.

Bartels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany28,6081:2,814284
United States11,9481:30,3363,776
Ghana4,4331:6,095842
Netherlands4,3151:3,914365
Australia1,0471:25,7843,510
Canada4361:84,5089,395
Brazil3761:569,34721,260
Belgium3451:33,3245,414
South Africa2781:194,88421,043
Denmark2651:21,3012,146
Costa Rica2091:22,871770
England2011:277,20421,667
Ecuador1791:88,8595,908
Switzerland1191:69,0168,291
New Zealand1081:41,9297,008
Indonesia1071:1,235,97486,893
Argentina991:431,75232,722
Russia801:1,801,538116,326
Sweden671:146,96710,337
Ireland631:74,7454,569
Austria561:152,06120,229
France501:1,328,454133,611
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
Kazakhstan351:505,21437,000
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Norway231:223,57824,793
Luxembourg211:27,6454,917
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Guam121:13,3432,098
Israel111:777,96750,646
Finland101:549,67032,186
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Wales91:343,83718,086
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
China71:195,331,65210,124
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Liechtenstein51:7,6761,080
India51:153,413,076951,030
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Grenada31:36,1781,426
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England671:363,81122,769
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2161:41,2984,838

The alternate forms: Bärtels (71) & Bãrtels (1) are calculated separately.

Bartels (37) may also be a first name.

Bartels Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bartel’s or Bartle’s (Son): v. Bartle.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Little Bartholemew” in Old Dutch.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Descendant of little Bart, a pet form of Bartholomew (son of Talmai, furrow).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Bartels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bartels Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bartels (Russian: Бартельс) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Bärtels or Bãrtels. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bartels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,455th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 135,469 people. The last name Bartels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Bartels are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Bartels is also the 1,688,769th most common first name internationally, borne by 37 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 28,608 people, or 1 in 2,814. In Germany Bartels is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 40 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 8 percent reside. Besides Germany Bartels is found in 81 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Ghana, where 8 percent reside.

Bartels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bartels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bartels last name rose 983 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bartels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Bartels are 20.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.58% registered with the party.

The amount Bartels earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 0.45% more than the national average, earning 347,650 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.17% more than the national average, earning R 356,868 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.66% more than the national average, earning $28,073,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.64% more than the national average, earning $45,582 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.44% more than the national average, earning $55,367 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bärtels9571/
Bãrtels951/
Barthels931,076/
Bartells93224/
Bartelse93141/
Barttels9345/
Baertels9324/
Bartehls931/
Bartelss930/
Bartls924/
Barthells881/
Bartelles880/
Bertels865,881/
Bartles861,275/
Bortels86661/
Bartelz8628/
Bartils8621/
Wartels8616/
Vartels863/
Barttls860/
Bartelsová824/
Berthels80402/
Bartless8037/
Bortells805/
Bartlesz801/
Bertells801/
Bartlles801/
Bartills800/
Behrtels800/
Barttles800/
Berttels800/
Bertls772/
Bortls771/
Bartlz770/
Bertelles751/
Bartellez750/
Barthills750/
Bertles71339/
Bertils71194/
Bortles71163/
Bortelz711/
Bartlez711/
Bertills6735/
Bortless674/
Bertless672/
Bourtles671/
Berthils671/
Bertilles631/
Wortles575/

Bartels Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bartels in the Russian language
Бартельсbartels-

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