The Berton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 756 people carried this name — #30,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 13% from 866 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,991 people named Berton.
82 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 939 people named Berton 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 363 people named Berton 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
80 people named Berton live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
26 people named Berton is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Berton in American newspapers,
1897–1936.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,305 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Berton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mademoiselle Doligny 1746–1823 · stage actor -
Henri-Montan Berton 1767–1844 · composer -
Pierre Berton 1842–1912 · actor -
Paul Émile Berton 1845–1909 · painter -
Germaine Berton 1902–1942 · anarchist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 78 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berton.
- Bertolino 871 · U.S. census
- Bertolo 236 · U.S. census
- Bertolone 198 · U.S. census
- Bertolotti 368 · U.S. census
- Bertolozzi 208 · U.S. census
- Bertolucci 302 · U.S. census
- Bertoncini 268 · U.S. census
- Bertone 1,152 · U.S. census
- Bertoni 846 · U.S. census
- Bertot 324 · U.S. census
- Bertozzi 229 · U.S. census
- Bertram 8,369 · U.S. census
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