The Berle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 145 people carried this name — #119,508 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 15% from 170 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Berle.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 58 people named Berle 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
33 people named Berle is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Berle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Keyser Berle 1859–1938 -
Halfdan Berle 1861–1929 · architect -
Adolf A. Berle 1895–1971 · teacher -
Milton Berle 1908–2002 · screenwriter -
Agnes Berle 1879–1966 · hotel manager
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Reidar Johan Berle 1917–1997 · illustrator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berle.
- Beri 357 · U.S. census
- Beringer 2,363 · U.S. census
- Berini 178 · U.S. census
- Berio 156 · U.S. census
- Berisha 1,166 · U.S. census
- Berland 605 · U.S. census
- Berlet 123 · U.S. census
- Berlier 161 · U.S. census
- Berlin 7,503 · U.S. census
- Berling 675 · U.S. census
- Berly 130 · U.S. census
- Berman 16,025 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Berle is.
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