Bartkus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Lithuanian Bartkus.
Proper noun
Bartkus (plural Bartkuses)
- A surname from Lithuanian.
- 2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED[1], archived from the original on 21 May 2025:
- According to the LAist, Bartkus appeared to describe himself as being promortalist and misandrist on a website that surfaced after the bombing and could be heard in an audio recording saying, “Basically I’m anti-life. And IVF is like kind of the epitome of pro-life ideology.”
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bartkus is the 38484th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 575 individuals. Bartkus is most common among White (96.52%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bartkus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108.