Baumgartner

Name: Baumgartner: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: a German surname (predominantly in Southern Germany and Austria)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 22 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

/ˈbaʊmˌɡɑɹtnɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Baumgartner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In Switzerland it is the 22nd most common surname.

rarermore common

CHSwitzerland1 in 776(measured from records)
ATAustria≈1 in 1.1K
DEGermany≈1 in 6.2K

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.

: Germany (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 349 (measured from records)
: 1 in 776 (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

a German surname (predominantly in Southern Germany and Austria)

Cited for this meaning 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Baumgartner 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.

Where Baumgartner is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
DE Germany	#225	≈13,000 est.	≈1 in 6.2K	listed	Baumgartner	166
US United States	—	11,448	1 in 29K	11K	Baumgartner	349
CH Switzerland	#22	10,827	1 in 776	11K	Baumgartner	121
AT Austria	#25	≈7,700 est.	≈1 in 1.1K	—	Baumgartner	130
ID Indonesia	—	≈2,200 est.	≈1 in 120K	—	Baumgartner	4
SI Slovenia	—	78	1 in 27K	78	—	3
BZ Belize	#31	≈77 est.	≈1 in 5.2K	—	Baumgartner	2

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-1 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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 names spelled this way

Baumgartner is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Spanish surname6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Switzerland
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Baumgärtner, Bäumgartner
French surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Canada
Also written Baumgärtner
a separate name5 spellings in the group
Also written Baumgärtner, Baum-Gartner
Croatian surname10 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Croatia, Switzerland, United States, Slovenia
Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian
Also written Baumgärtner, Баумгартнер
Czech surname5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, Switzerland, United States
Languages: Czech, Slovak
Also written Baumgärtner, Baumgartnér
Hungarian surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Hungary, Switzerland, United States, Belgium
Also written Baumgärtner, Baumgártner
Polish surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Poland, United States, Switzerland, Belgium
Also written Baumgärtner, Ḅaumgartner

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

Baumgartner 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, Aus mhd. boumgarte 'Baum-, Obstgarten'; Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsname oder Berufsname 'Besitzer eines Obstgartens; Obstgärtner, -händler'. 4787 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Wohnstättenname; 8324 Bearer. Ableitung mit Suffix -ner zu Baumgart/Baumgarten; demonstriert die patronymisch-berufliche/derivationalen Variante.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Bildungsname mit -ner; meist Herkunftsname zu Toponymen im schwachen Dativ. 8324 Tokens; zeigt Varianten von Baumgart-/Baumgärt- + -ner.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Deutscher Familienname zu Baum + Gärtner; zeigt die Vokalvariation a/ä in -gartner. Verbreitung des Typs mit a und ä nach PLZ-Karten.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname zu Baumgarten/Baumgärtner; Belege 4787. Die Karte zeigt Haupttonvokalismus mit a/ä/e-Variation.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

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

Wilfrid Baumgartnerb. 1902FRFrench private banker (1902–1978)
Paul Baumgartnerb. 1903CHSwiss musician (1903-1976)
Karl Baumgartnerb. 1949DEGerman film producer (1949-2014)
Monika Baumgartnerb. 1951DEGerman actress and theater director
Bruce Baumgartnerb. 1960USAmerican wrestler
Felix Baumgartnerb. 1969ATAustrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025)
Brian Baumgartnerb. 1972USAmerican actor
Zsolt Baumgartnerb. 1981HUHungarian racing driver
Nick Baumgartnerb. 1981USAmerican snowboarder
Christoph Baumgartnerb. 1999ATAustrian association football player (born 1999)

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

FormalDear Baumgartner,

InformalHello,

Evidence

34 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Baumgartner
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	11K	#3,156
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	11K	#3,164
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	11K	#2,995
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	11K	#24
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	78	#5,414
DE Germany	Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)	—	—	—

Reference works 4

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikipedia surname tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Baumgartner mean, and where does it come from?: a German surname (predominantly in Southern Germany and Austria) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Baumgartner?: A machine transcription gives /ˈbaʊmˌɡɑɹtnɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Baumgartner have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Baumgartner in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baumgartner.
Where is Baumgartner most common?: Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Baumgartner is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 776 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Baumgartner?: In the United States, the national register counted 11,448 people named Baumgartner in 2010, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
How common is Baumgartner compared with other names?: In Germany, Baumgartner is the 225th most common surname of 765,306 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 2026-10-13 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, “Baumgartner” — the 225th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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