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Baumgardner Ranking

In the United States, the name Baumgardner is the 4,634th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1


United States Baumgardner migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Baumgardner Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Frederick Baumgardner, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732 2
  • Rudolph Baumgardner, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1736 2
Baumgardner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Thomas Baumgardner, who landed in Maryland in 1848 2
  • Gertrude Baumgardner, who landed in Minnesota in 1853 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Baumgardner (post 1700) +

  • Randy Baumgardner, American politician, Member of the Colorado Senate
  • Randy Baumgardner, American legislator in the state of Colorado
  • George Washington Baumgardner (1891-1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • John R. Baumgardner, American geophysicist, young earth creationist, intelligent design supporter and Christian fundamentalist
  • Jennifer Baumgardner (b. 1970), American author, filmmaker, and third-wave feminist activist
  • Jay Baumgardner, American record producer, engineer and mixer


Suggested Readings for the name Baumgardner +

  • The Baumgardner Family by Winifred Beatty.
  • A Baumgardner Family in America: An Historical Genealogy by J. T. Baumgardner.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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