Berchtold surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Berchtold surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 673 people carried this name — #33,810 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 623 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,309 people named Berchtold live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 392
Valais 359
Bern 349
Obwalden 261
Aargau 222
Lucerne 116
St. Gallen 110
Thurgau 104

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Berchtold.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Haut-Rhin 26
Territoire de Belfort 10
Rhône 8
Haute-Savoie 4
Corrèze 3
Ain 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Paris 2

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 43 people named Berchtold 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 Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 27
Mendoza 16

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Berchtold,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Blessed Berchtold 1120–1197 · monk
  • Johann Jacob Freiherr Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz 1600–1641
  • Franz Benedikt Berchtold 1631–1690
  • Matthias Ernst Berchtold 1632–1678
  • Jacob-Philipp Gf Berchtold 1634–1679
  • Johann Franz Ferdinand Berchtold 1657–1720

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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