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

Barthélemy, 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 Barthélemy surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Barthélemy in America

Barthélemy is the 13316th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Barthélemy surname appeared 2,291 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 Barthélemy.

We can also compare 2010 data for Barthélemy 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 Barthélemy

The surname Barthelemy is of French origin, derived from the given name Barthélemy, which is the French form of the ancient Greek name Bartholomaios. This name is a combination of the Aramaic 'bar' meaning son and the Hebrew 'Talmai' meaning furrow or furrowed land.

The earliest known record of the surname Barthelemy dates back to the 13th century in the region of Normandy, France. It is believed to have been initially adopted as a descriptive surname, referring to someone who lived or worked on furrowed or plowed land.

During the Middle Ages, the name Barthelemy appeared in various medieval records and manuscripts, including the famous Domesday Book of 1086, which recorded landowners in England after the Norman Conquest. This suggests that individuals bearing the name may have accompanied William the Conqueror to England during that time.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname Barthelemy was Jean Barthelemy (c. 1300-1368), a French nobleman and military commander who served under King John II during the Hundred Years' War. Another notable figure was Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420-1492), a Flemish painter and one of the earliest known practitioners of oil painting.

In the 16th century, François Barthelemy (1535-1596) was a French theologian and author, known for his works on the history of the Church. Later, in the 18th century, Jean-Jacques Barthelemy (1716-1795) was a renowned French writer, archaeologist, and numismatist, best known for his work 'Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce' (Travels of the Young Anacharsis in Greece).

Another prominent figure bearing the surname was Auguste Marseille Barthelemy (1796-1867), a French poet, playwright, and novelist who was a leading figure in the Romantic movement. In the field of music, Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), a German composer and conductor, is often referred to as Bartholdy, which is a variant spelling of Barthelemy.

Throughout history, the surname Barthelemy has been documented in various spellings, including Barthelemi, Bartelmey, Bartholomew, and Bartholomé, reflecting the regional variations and linguistic influences over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Barthélemy

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

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 Barthélemy 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 Barthélemy 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 Barthélemy was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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