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 mapWhere they were born
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 mapWhere they live today
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
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berte.
- Bert 1,878 · U.S. census
- Berta 1,566 · U.S. census
- Bertagna 212 · U.S. census
- Bertalot 146 · U.S. census
- Bertani 324 · U.S. census
- Bertaut 103 · U.S. census
- Berteau 270 · U.S. census
- Bertel 280 · U.S. census
- Bertelli 391 · U.S. census
- Berten 115 · U.S. census
- Bertero 164 · U.S. census
- Berth 307 · U.S. census
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