Bätz

Name: Bätz: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
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Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: Kurzformname mit -z-Suffix; Konkurrenz zu Namen mit ahd

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries

Pronunciation:

Bätz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guatemala than in any other country.

GTGuatemala≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
DEGermany≈1 in 40K
LBLebanon≈1 in 62Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bätz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Guatemala (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 215 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Batz in US United States, DE Germany, GT Guatemala and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

recorded in German

Kurzformname mit -z-Suffix; Konkurrenz zu Namen mit ahd. beraht/ahs. ber(e)ht 'hell, glänzend'.

Cited for this meaning 1

Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Bätz 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.

Where Bätz is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
GT Guatemala	#123	≈6,500 est.	≈1 in 2.6K	—	Batz	42
DE Germany	—	≈2,000 est.	≈1 in 40K	listed	Batz	95
US United States	—	1,933	1 in 172K	1.9K	Batz	215
GB United Kingdom	—	≈280 est.	≈1 in 235K	—	Batz	30
CA Canada	—	≈200 est.	≈1 in 193K	—	Batz	41
LB Lebanon	—	≈88 est.	≈1 in 62K	—	Batz	1
LY Libya	—	≈86 est.	≈1 in 80K	—	Batz	2
JM Jamaica	—	≈24 est.	≈1 in 119K	—	Batz	1

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; the dfa-band-6 register. 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 names spelled this way

Bätz is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Batz
Croatian surname5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Croatia
Also written Batz
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Batz
Turkish surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Türkiye
Also written Batz
Danish surname12 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, United States, Norway
Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Also written Baatz, Batz, Båtz
Russian surname7 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian
Also written Батц, Batz

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

Bätz is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In German, patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Bert[ram/-old]; 2309 Belege
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, patronymischer Familienname zu Betz < Berthold
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

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

Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätzb. 1709DEDutch organ builder (1709-1770)
Jonathan Bätzb. 1787NLorgan builder
Martin Bätzb. 1830DEGerman politician
Lorenz Bätzb. 1889DEGerman film director and film producer (1889–1926)
Helmut Bätzb. 1923East German footballer
Gerhard Bätzb. 1938DEGerman restorer
Kurt Bätzb. 1942DEGerman author
Rudi Bätzb. 1944association football player
Julia Bätzb. 1988DEGerman association football player
Stephan Bätzb. 1993DEGerman Nordic combined skier

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

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Bätz, (English)

InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence

7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Bätz
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
DE Germany	Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6	—	—	—

Reference works 2

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bätz mean?: Recorded meaning: Kurzformname mit -z-Suffix; Konkurrenz zu Namen mit ahd.
In which country does Bätz have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 6.5 thousand people named Bätz in Guatemala, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled batz.
How common is the name Bätz?: In the United States, the national register counted 1,933 people named Bätz in 2010, about 1 in 172 thousand residents.
How common is Bätz compared with other names?: In Guatemala, Bätz is the 123rd most common surname of 54,341 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-13 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, “Bätz” — the 123rd most common surname in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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