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The Beres surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,876 people carried this name — #11,054 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 13% from 2,540 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

1,202 people named Beres have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 1,318 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 552
Lubusz 121
Łódź 117
Lower Silesian 96
Silesian 80
Lesser Poland 49
Pomeranian 46
Masovian 36

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Beres.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Gers.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Gers 36
Paris 4
Gironde 3
Lot-et-Garonne 3
Var 3
Hautes-Pyrénées 3
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Saône-et-Loire 1

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 40 people named Beres 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 27
City of Buenos Aires 13

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Beres live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Aargau 7
Schwyz 4
Bern 3
St. Gallen 3
Valais 3

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

Beres in American newspapers,
1890–1917.

Newspaper page from Stjernen carrying the name Beres
Stjernen 1890-10-01
Newspaper page from Danskeren carrying the name Beres
Danskeren 1905-02-10
Newspaper page from St. Paul Tidende carrying the name Beres
St. Paul Tidende 1917-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 612,151 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Beres,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Max Beres 1881–
  • Rosa Beres 1898–1940
  • Mike Beres 1973– · badminton player
  • Viktor Béreš 1977– · politician
  • Jozef Béreš 1984– · rally driver
  • Léa Beres 2003– · judoka

Wikidata (CC0).

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