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

The Bertin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,136 people carried this name — #22,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 42% from 799 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 11,990 people named Bertin.

147 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 147
Seine-Maritime 1,177
Paris 1,039
Ille-et-Vilaine 816
Pas-de-Calais 558
Gironde 556
Charente-Maritime 510
Loire-Atlantique 430
Nord 421

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 392 people named Bertin 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 142
La Pampa 54
Santa Fe 44
San Luis 38
Entre Ríos 34
City of Buenos Aires 27
Río Negro 19
Córdoba 18

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 203 people named Bertin 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 East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 70
Brussels-Capital 35
Hainaut 31
Namur 22
West Flanders 20
Walloon Brabant 8
Antwerp 6
Luxembourg Province 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

129 people named Bertin live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 48
Geneva 30
Valais 12
Fribourg 11
Bern 6
Basel-Stadt 6
Neuchâtel 5
St. Gallen 4

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 Bertin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre-Vincent Bertin
    Pierre-Vincent Bertin 1653–1711 · financier
  • Nicolas Bertin
    Nicolas Bertin 1667–1736 · painter
  • Louise Madeleine Bertin de Vaugien
    Louise Madeleine Bertin de Vaugien 1715–1793
  • Hélène Bertin d. 1887
  • Nicolas Bertin 1646–1728 · acolyte
  • Claude Bertin 1653–1705 · sculptor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

When the index is not enough

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