The Beraud surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 173 people carried this name — #103,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 167 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,976 people named Beraud.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 41 people named Beraud live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Neuquén.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Beraud live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Beraud in American newspapers,
1900.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,638 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beraud.
- Ber 421 · U.S. census
- Bera 1,034 · U.S. census
- Berard 3,582 · U.S. census
- Berardi 3,354 · U.S. census
- Berardo 347 · U.S. census
- Beras 271 · U.S. census
- Berber 1,451 · U.S. census
- Berberian 935 · U.S. census
- Berce 122 · U.S. census
- Bercegeay 314 · U.S. census
- Bercher 195 · U.S. census
- Berchtold 673 · U.S. census
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