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

The Bette surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 216 people carried this name — #86,314 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 6% from 229 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 258 people named Bette.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Pas-de-Calais 52
Somme 50
Nord 42
Paris 17
Oise 15
Haute-Vienne 13
Savoie 11
Saône-et-Loire 6

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 217 people named Bette 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 164
Walloon Brabant 30
Namur 17
Liège 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Bette live in Switzerland.

They live in 1 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 30

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 Bette,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean François de Bette, Marquis of Lede
    Jean François de Bette, Marquis of Lede 1672–1725 · military officer
  • Guillaume de Bette 1610–1658 · politician
  • Johann Franz Bette 1821–1900 · physician
  • Bernhard Bette 1851–1923 · Catholic priest
  • Siméon Bette 1865–1932
  • Augusto Bette 1874– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bette.

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