The Beretta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 463 people carried this name — #46,037 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 473 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 954 people named Beretta 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
532 people named Beretta live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 254 people named Beretta.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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.
Who carried it
People named Beretta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Antonio Beretta d. 1496 · printer
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Bartolomeo Beretta 1490–1565 · artisan
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Giovanni Beretta 1500–1560 · architect
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Lodovico Beretta 1518–1572 · architect
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Giovanni Beretta 1545–1560 · architect
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Gaspare Beretta 1620–1703 · engineer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beretta.
- Berdon 188 · U.S. census
- Berdugo 483 · U.S. census
- Berenger 158 · U.S. census
- Berenguer 469 · U.S. census
- Berens 3,452 · U.S. census
- Beres 2,876 · U.S. census
- Berg 48,746 · U.S. census
- Berga 167 · U.S. census
- Bergamasco 197 · U.S. census
- Bergamini 429 · U.S. census
- Bergamo 527 · U.S. census
- Bergara 345 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Beretta is.
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