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The Betti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 608 people carried this name — #36,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 617 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Betti surname

A surname transferred from the given name, Benedetto.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Betti» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 582 people named Betti 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 362
City of Buenos Aires 81
Santa Fe 60
Neuquén 36
Entre Ríos 23
Córdoba 20

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 340 people named Betti.

84 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 84
Alpes-Maritimes 47
Bouches-du-Rhône 40
Meurthe-et-Moselle 26
Moselle 20
Corsica 18
Paris 15
Var 12
Vaucluse 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

156 people named Betti live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 57
Zurich 29
Vaud 17
Aargau 13
Geneva 13
Graubünden 9
Bern 7
Schwyz 5

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 Betti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cosimo Betti
    Cosimo Betti 1727–1814 · poet
  • Pasquale Betti d. 1752
  • Antonio Maria Betti 1480–1562 · physician
  • Francesco Betti 1521–1590 · philosopher
  • Biagio Betti 1545–1615 · painter
  • Niccolò Betti 1550–1617 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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