Arzt
surname · Latin script
Meaning: for a physician, Ger (A dictionary of surnames)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/aʁt͡st/(recorded in a dictionary) German · from Wiktionary
Arzt is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country: 326 people, counted by the Census Bureau in 2010.
- CZCzechia1 in 973K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1M
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 444K (inferred from the name graph)
326 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Sweden, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
How to pronounce Arzt
- German:/aʁt͡st/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- LLarciater(measured from records)
- Gkarchiatros(measured from records)
for a physician, Ger. Arzt (MHG arzet, OHG arzat, derived via LL arciater from Gk archiatros chief phys¬ ician, a cpd of arch- chief, principal + iatros physician). This word became the usual OHG term for a physician during the Carolingian period, gradually supplanting the earlier Gmc word (represented by MHG lachener; cf. Leach i). Var.: Jewish: Arct (Pol. spelling). Cogn.: Du.: Arts.
Cited for this meaning 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Arzt is found
(measured from records)Arzt 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 326 | 1 in 1M | 344 | Arzt | 161 |
| EG Egypt | ≈77 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Arzt | 6 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 2.1M | listed | Arzt | 5 |
| FR France | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 2.2M | 4 | — | — |
| CA Canada | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Arzt | 6 |
| SE Sweden | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 444K | — | Arzt | 5 |
| AU Australia | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Arzt | 9 |
| CZ Czechia | 11 | 1 in 973K | 11 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 8 | 1 in 1.1M | 8 | — | 1 |
326 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; MVČR — living population register 2017; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Arzt 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, physician, doctor
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In German, doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) (without necessarily having a postgraduate degree)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname für Arzt/Heilkundigen; aus mhd. arzāt/arzet, mnd. arste < mlat. archiater. 560 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Name found in the 15th century. Like the names as Metzger, Schreiner, Schneider, Apotheker, Schreiber, Richter or Leh- rer.
as a nameThe Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
In German, from MHG arzät/arz(e)t 'unlicensed doctor', also 'barber-surgeon'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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
(measured from records)- Arthur Arztb. 1880DEGerman politician (1880-1953)
- Eduardo Arztb. 1953ARArgentine biologist
- Eduard Arztb. 1956ATAustrian physicist
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
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)17 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Arzt come from?
- for a physician, Ger. Arzt (MHG arzet, OHG arzat, derived via LL arciater from Gk archiatros chief phys¬ ician, a cpd of arch- chief, principal + iatros physician). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Arzt?
- In German /aʁt͡st/ (Wiktionary).
- What does the name Arzt mean?
- Recorded meaning: for a physician, Ger.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Arzt?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 326 people named Arzt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arzt. After it come Egypt, United Kingdom, France and Canada; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Arzt?
- In the United States, the national register counted 326 people named Arzt in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/arztThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of 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, “Arzt” — ranked 60083rd in the United States (Census Bureau). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.