Baumgartner Surname

7,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74,920 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Baumgartner Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Nurseryman [see Baum; and + gärtner, gardener, from Middle High German garte, O.H.Ger. garto, garden]

Baumgartner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany17,9871:4,476520
United States16,5101:21,9542,756
Austria15,7811:54026
Switzerland15,5581:52822
France1,9501:34,0634,144
Brazil1,6521:129,5854,938
Canada8991:40,9855,110
Argentina7391:57,8404,905
Hungary7381:13,3011,515
Italy6241:98,00816,767
Australia4831:55,8926,847
Romania1891:106,23211,991
Croatia1511:28,0045,782
Slovakia1381:38,6707,163
Thailand1241:569,66497,190
Czechia1221:87,16014,544
England1111:501,96431,980
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
Slovenia951:26,1865,524
Sweden841:117,2238,378
Spain791:591,79827,792
South Africa691:785,18453,751
Finland581:94,7719,814
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Poland501:760,17561,940
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Chile371:476,12112,335
Denmark371:152,56013,318
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Philippines311:3,265,749145,701
Liechtenstein261:1,476152
Venezuela211:1,438,28919,453
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Uruguay181:190,65315,539
Latvia171:120,59117,235
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Wales151:206,30213,003
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
China111:124,301,9616,553
Norway101:514,22941,629
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Bosnia and Herzegovina61:589,40014,340
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Qatar61:393,00055,922
India51:153,413,076951,030
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Kosovo31:620,62310,771
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guam11:160,1214,893
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1011:45,6125,270

The alternate forms: Baumgärtner (13,060), Baumgártner (13), Baumgârtner (1) & Baumgartnér (1) are calculated separately.

Baumgartner (31) may also be a first name.

Baumgartner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Nurseryman [see Baum; and + gärtner, gardener, from Middle High German garte, O.H.Ger. garto, garden]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) The tree gardener, nurseryman or orchard-grower.

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

BUMGARTNER: For Baumgartner, a German name, signi­fying a tree gardener.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(German), Arborist. von BaUmhauer, of Wood­cutter. Baumlein, dim. of Baum, Tree.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Baumgartner Last Name Facts

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

Baumgartner (Russian: Баумгартнер) is most common in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Baumgärtner, Baumgártner, Baumgârtner or Baumgartnér. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Baumgartner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Baumgartner is the 7,568th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 97,271 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Baumgartner live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe. Baumgartner is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 31 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 17,987 people, or 1 in 4,476. In Germany Baumgartner is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 63 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 100 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Austria, where 21 percent reside.

Baumgartner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Baumgartner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Baumgartner last name increased 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 411 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Baumgartner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Baumgartner surname are 15.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.12% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Baumgartner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 16.81% more than the national average, earning €35,078 per year; in Norway they earn 0.37% more than the national average, earning 347,344 kr per year; in Peru they earn 185.75% more than the national average, earning S/. 55,393 per year; in South Africa they earn 60.58% more than the national average, earning R 381,600 per year; in United States they earn 6.03% more than the national average, earning $45,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.7% less than the national average, earning $49,335 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Baumgartner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Baumgartner in the Russian language
Баумгартнерbaumgartner-

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