Find out how popular the last name Bartee is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bartee.

Bartee, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bartee surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bartee in America

Bartee is the 10396th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bartee surname appeared 3,099 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Bartee.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bartee to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bartee

The surname Bartee has its origins in England, where it first appeared in the late 12th century. It is believed to be derived from the Old English words "bearu" meaning grove or thicket, and "tun" meaning settlement or enclosure. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near a wooded area or grove.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the Pipe Rolls of Staffordshire in 1199, where a William de Bartun is mentioned. This spelling variation, along with others like de Barton and Bartone, was common in the Middle Ages as surnames were still being standardized.

The Bartee name can be traced to various regions of England, including Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire, where it was associated with several minor landed gentry families. In the 13th century, a Robert de Bartone was recorded as holding lands in Derbyshire, while a John de Barton was documented as a landowner in Yorkshire in the late 14th century.

A notable early bearer of the name was Sir William de Barton, a knight who fought alongside Edward III at the Battle of Crécy during the Hundred Years' War in 1346. He was rewarded for his service with lands in Lincolnshire.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Bartee surname began to appear in parish records and other official documents across England. Some notable individuals from this period include John Barton (c. 1577-1645), an English clergyman and author, and Benjamin Barton (1677-1722), a renowned English naturalist and writer.

In the 18th century, the Bartee name continued to be found throughout England, with individuals like Joseph Barton (1708-1787), a notable English optician and inventor of the Barton compound microscope, and John Barton (1789-1852), an English lawyer and politician who served as Solicitor General for England and Wales.

As the centuries progressed, the Bartee surname spread beyond England to other parts of the British Isles and eventually to the Americas and other parts of the world through emigration and exploration. While the name has undergone various spelling variations over time, its origins can be traced back to the early English settlers who first bore the name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bartee

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bartee.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bartee was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bartee has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bartee was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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