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The Bertelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 388 people carried this name — #53,316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 391 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bertelli surname

From Berti (surname) + -elli. Diminutive of Berti.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bertelli» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 466 people named Bertelli 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 243
Santa Fe 61
Tucumán 56
City of Buenos Aires 43
Córdoba 30
Santiago del Estero 23
Corrientes 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 215 people named Bertelli.

62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 62
Bouches-du-Rhône 38
Haute-Garonne 23
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Corsica 12
Vaucluse 9
Paris 7
Haut-Rhin 6
Yvelines 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

43 people named Bertelli 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 19
Zurich 10
Vaud 9
Valais 5

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 Bertelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ferrando Bertelli 1525–1600 · printer
  • Ferrando Bertelli 1525–1572 · printer
  • Cristofano Bertelli 1526– · painter
  • Luca Bertelli 1550–1580 · bookseller
  • Francesco Bertelli 1550–1629 · publisher
  • Agostino Bertelli 1726–1776 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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