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

Bartos, 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 Bartos surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bartos in America

Bartos is the 11448th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bartos surname appeared 2,751 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 Bartos.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bartos 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 Bartos

The surname Bartos is of Czech origin, originating in the 15th century from the personal name Bartoloměj, which is the Czech form of the name Bartholomew. This name ultimately derives from the Aramaic bar-Talmay, meaning "son of the furrows" or "son of the rich soils."

In its earliest recorded use, the name was spelled Barthoss or Bartosch in various Czech regions. It later evolved into the modern spelling of Bartos, which became more widespread throughout Bohemia and Moravia by the 16th century.

One of the earliest known references to the name Bartos can be found in a 1493 land registry document from the town of Žatec, which mentions a landowner named Jan Bartos. Another early record is from 1521, where a merchant named Mikuláš Bartos is listed in the city records of Prague.

In the late 15th century, a notable figure with the surname Bartos was Václav Bartos, a prominent Czech scholar and author who wrote extensively on the history and culture of Bohemia. He was born in 1467 and died in 1542.

During the 17th century, the name Bartos appeared in several village and town records across Moravia and Silesia, indicating its spread throughout these regions. One example is the village of Bartošovice, which likely derived its name from an early settler named Bartos.

In the 18th century, a famous bearer of the name was Jiří Bartoš (1716-1789), a Czech composer and organist who is considered one of the most important figures in the development of Czech baroque music.

Another notable individual with the surname Bartos was František Bartoš (1837-1906), a Czech ethnographer and writer who made significant contributions to the study of folk traditions and customs in Moravia.

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bartos surname continued to be prevalent in various parts of the Czech Republic, as well as in areas with significant Czech populations, such as parts of Austria and the United States.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bartos

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

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

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