Bartel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymic from Berthold with zero ending; shows nd
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɑɹtəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bartel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 9K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 31K
- USUnited States1 in 60K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 347 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈46,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymic from Berthold with zero ending; shows nd. er > ar and spelling variants with t/th, d. Bearer count: 9074.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bartel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Bartel | 4 |
| DE Germany | #770 | ≈8,900 est. | ≈1 in 9K | listed | Bartel | 140 |
| US United States | — | 5,568 | 1 in 60K | 5.6K | Bartel | 347 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Bartel | 105 |
| PL Poland | — | 910 | 1 in 42K | 472 | Bartel | 5 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 349 | 1 in 9.7K | 349 | Bartel | 15 |
| LR Liberia | #547 | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Bartel | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-2 register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bartel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from the Rufname Bartel, a short form of Bartholomäus
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, usually from Bartholomäus; sometimes from Bercht-
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, Patronym zu Bartholomäus; demonstriert t/th-Variation in Bart(h)el, mit überwiegendem th in ostmitteldeutschen/ostniederdeutschen Formen. Bearer count: 251.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, zu Bert-[wald > hold]; Kurzform, evtl. auch zu Bartholomäus, mit t-Antritt (-t). 3860 Belege, in ganz Deutschland verstreut.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronymische Kurzform zu Bartholomäus; die Karte zeigt die dentalen Plosive t/ th in Bartel/Barthel. Beleger: 11.489.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kazimierz Bartelb. 1882UAPolish mathematician and politician (1882-1941)
- Walter Bartelb. 1904DEGerman university professor and historian (1904-1992)
- José Bartelb. 1932FRFrench actor (1932–2010)
- Paul Bartelb. 1938USAmerican actor, screenwriter and director (1938-2000)
- Joanna Bartelb. 1952PLPolish actress
- Frank Bartelb. 1959DEGerman postal worker and phalerist (1943–2024)
- Cori Bartelb. 1971CACanadian curler
- Mateusz Bartelb. 1985PLPolish chess player
- Marta Bartelb. 1988PLPolish chess player
- Paul Bartelb. 1994FRFrench actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.6K | #6,152 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.4K | #5,834 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.1K | #6,371 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 472 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 472 | #6,797 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 438 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 438 | #7,491 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 349 | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2 | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Bartel come from?
- Patronymic from Berthold with zero ending; shows nd. er > ar and spelling variants with t/th, d. Bearer count: 9074. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
- What are other forms of the name Bartel?
- In the etymology graph, Bartholomew, Barta and Bate are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Bartel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɑɹtəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Bartel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymic from Berthold with zero ending; shows nd.
- In which country does Bartel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 46 thousand people named Bartel in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bartel.
- How common is the name Bartel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,568 people named Bartel in 2010, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.
- How common is Bartel compared with other names?
- In Liberia, Bartel is the 547th most common surname of 10,200 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bartel” — the 547th most common surname in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.