Bartholomew is used as a family name or surname in Hebrew. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bartholomew
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: French or Flemish form of name Bartholomew. In Hebrew, the son of him who maketh the waters to mount, or a son that suspends the waters.

How popular is Bartholomew?

Bartholomew is common in Nigeria.

Bartholomew is ranked 12612 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bartholomew bearers increased by 4.37534 per cent in 2010 US census to 15339 since 2000, the surname slipped by 108 spots and ranked at 2374. The last name was found in around 52 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.8 88.06
Black 9.29 7.57
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.62
Others 2.08 1.67
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64 0.63
Bartholomew is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 42103 people have been found who wears Bartholomew as their family name. Bartholomew is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
10,542 China4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
119,730 Brazil3
4,915 Panama3
10,686 Costa Rica3
2,720 South Korea3
46,068 Philippines3
6,989 Uganda3
41,879 Turkey2
54,641 Sweden2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
13,552 Qatar2
124,220 Italy2
26,532 Chile2
65,594 Belgium2
5,217 Zambia2
1,389 Barbados2
18,035 Egypt2
13,606 Senegal1
37,779 Serbia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
810,193 Indonesia1
7,292 Vietnam1
174,544 Czech Republic1
3,952 Yemen1
2,613 The Bahamas1
16,640 Hong Kong1
1,818 Guernsey1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,254 Gibraltar1
4,249 Cambodia1
25,746 Finland1
12,741 Ecuador1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
15,705 Cameroon1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
6,820 Angola1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
3,071 Jersey1
5,553 Taiwan1
5,589 Sudan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
47,891 Norway1
38,830 Morocco1
2,024 Mongolia1
56,169 Mexico1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
587 Saint Lucia50
3,004 Bahrain49
8,214 Singapore35
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
9,692 Ireland27
57,220 Netherlands27
36,547 Switzerland27
368,094 India25
50,826 Zimbabwe19
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
2,305 Northern Ireland95
2,783 Jamaica71
40,284 Spain53
Countries with hundreds of Bartholomew:
5,178 Tanzania985
201 Trinidad and Tobago959
6,092 Canada705
5,019 Ghana559
32 Grenada497
13,426 Kenya314
2,589 Scotland263
7,689 Malaysia253
50,182 Germany202
4,879 New Zealand156
71,478 France135
3,358 Wales113
1,156 Guyana110
Countries with thousands of Bartholomew:
2,025 England3,926
4,407 South Africa1,479
2,234 Australia1,404
Countries with ten thousands of Bartholomew:
2,256 United States17,874
2,190 Nigeria11,463
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Sidoli Bartholomew worked as figure maker and hailed from Italy. 34 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Andrew Foster and arrived on July 31, 1855.

Bartholomew Namesakes

  • Ian Bartholomew, Actor
  • Alick Bartholomew, Author
  • Alyssa Bartholomew, Actress
  • William Bartholomew, Writer
  • Joshua Bartholomew, Singer-songwriter
  • Edwina Bartholomew, Journalist
  • Ken Bartholomew, Olympic athlete
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Child actor
  • Dave Bartholomew, Musician
  • Logan Bartholomew, Actor
  • Carolyn Bartholomew, from 1991 drama film Gunpoint Decision, who played the Tanya.

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