The Bertschy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 300 people carried this name — #65,964 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 278 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

839 people named Bertschy live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Fribourg 473

Bern 110

Vaud 59

Zurich 57

Geneva 47

Lucerne 23

Neuchâtel 22

Valais 12

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Bertschy.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5

Moselle 21

Côte-d’Or 7

Jura 7

Gard 6

Bouches-du-Rhône 5

Paris 5

Vosges 4

Haut-Rhin 4

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

Who carried it

People named Bertschy,
with a public archive behind them.

Paul Max Bertschy 1840–1911 · architect
Paul Max Bertschy 1840–1911 · architect
Zac Bertschy d. 2020 · journalist
Jakob Bertschy 1792–1882 · pastor
Jean-Mario Bertschy 1911–2002 · actor
René Bertschy 1912–1999 · bassist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bertschy.

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