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    The surname Bertelsen

    A surname, carried by 1,332 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B634

    Bertelsen: #20,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bertelsen #20,065, 1,332 people Bertelsen: #20,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bertelsen #20,065, 1,332 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bertelsen is more common than 87.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,332 people named Bertelsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,331.

    #20,065
    rank among US surnames
    1,332
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,953)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,057Verna1,333231,617
    #20,065Khatib1,332231,791

    Who is named Bertelsen

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Bertelsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bertelsen

    Bertelsen has the Soundex code B634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B634.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bertelsen?
    1,332 people in the United States had the surname Bertelsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. It ranked 20,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bertelsen?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bertelsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bertelsen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,332 in 2010, up 0.1%.