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The Oberti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 151 people carried this name — #115,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 133 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Oberti surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from the personal name Oberto.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Oberti» (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 1,355 people named Oberti 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 597
Córdoba 206
Entre Ríos 190
Santa Fe 155
City of Buenos Aires 89
Mendoza 30
Corrientes 22
Chubut 18

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 297 people named Oberti.

40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 40
Corsica 51
Bouches-du-Rhône 34
Var 33
Paris 16
Alpes-Maritimes 14
Pyrénées-Orientales 11
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 11
Vaucluse 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

106 people named Oberti live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 71
Zurich 12
Bern 6
Solothurn 6
Neuchâtel 5
Aargau 3
Fribourg 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.

Who carried it

People named Oberti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Finetto Oberti 1601–1700 · merchant
  • Giovanni Oberti 1862–1942 · Catholic bishop
  • Massimo Oberti 1901–1972 · sailor
  • Giuliano Oberti 1901– · sailor
  • Elisa Oberti 1920–1975 · translator
  • Armando Oberti 1926–2012

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

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Surnames next to Oberti.

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