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

The Berte surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 684 people carried this name — #31,884 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 427 people named Berte.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Nord 109
Martinique 87
Paris 49
Bouches-du-Rhône 12
Rhône 11
Côte-d’Or 11
Oise 10
Pas-de-Calais 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 247 people named Berte live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 183
Luxembourg Province 37
Antwerp 13
West Flanders 7
East Flanders 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Berte live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 10
Vaud 4
Lucerne 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

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