The Berret surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 112 people carried this name — #147,253 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 120 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 376 people named Berret.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Saône-et-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 Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Berret live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
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.
Who carried it
People named Berret,
with a public archive behind them.
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James G. Berret 1815–1901 · politician -
Paul Berret 1861–1943 · writer
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Sophie Berret 1956– · visual artist
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Gilles Berret 1964– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berret.
- Bernstein 17,916 · U.S. census
- Bernu 113 · U.S. census
- Berny 185 · U.S. census
- Beron 442 · U.S. census
- Berr 124 · U.S. census
- Berra 872 · U.S. census
- Berretta 351 · U.S. census
- Berri 221 · U.S. census
- Berrie 392 · U.S. census
- Berrier 2,547 · U.S. census
- Berring 103 · U.S. census
- Berro 432 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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