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

The Betsch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 466 people carried this name — #45,804 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 496 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 169 people named Betsch.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Bas-Rhin 52
Marne 23
Moselle 16
Haut-Rhin 16
Paris 16
Territoire de Belfort 10
Yvelines 6
Doubs 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

27 people named Betsch live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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 8
Neuchâtel 4
Schaffhausen 4
Thurgau 4
Zurich 4
Bern 3

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 25 people named Betsch 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 25

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

In print

Betsch in American newspapers,
1907–1911.

Newspaper page from Bismarck Daily Tribune carrying the name Betsch
Bismarck Daily Tribune 1907-11-09
Newspaper page from The Gold Leaf carrying the name Betsch
The Gold Leaf 1909-01-14
Newspaper page from Der Staats=anzeiger carrying the name Betsch
Der Staats=anzeiger 1911-03-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 828 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Betsch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Claude Betsch
    Claude Betsch 1922–1942
  • Roland Betsch 1888–1945 · screenwriter
  • Christian Betsch 1888–1934 · mathematician
  • Manfred Betsch 1934–1985 · politician
  • Gerhard Betsch 1934– · mathematician
  • Tilmann Betsch 1963– · psychologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Betsch.

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