How common is the surname Bertram?

8,369 people in the United States had the surname Bertram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,892 Americans. It ranked 4,236th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bertram?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bertram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bertram?

Laura Bertram, actress, followed by William Bertram.

Where is the surname Bertram most common?

Wikidata records people named Bertram in Canada and Belgium.

How do you pronounce Bertram?

Bertram is /ˈbɜɹtɹəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bertram getting more or less common?

More common. 7,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,369 in 2010, up 4.6%.

Is Bertram also a first name?

Yes. Bertram is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bertram

A patronymic surname, carried by 8,369 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɜɹtɹəm/ 2 syllables Soundex B636 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bertram is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).

Bertram is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,369 people named Bertram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,892 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,999.

#4,236

rank among US surnames

8,369

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,096)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,227	Aguiar	8,390	36,799
#4,228	Cave	8,389	36,804
#4,229	Dagostino	8,388	36,808
#4,230	Haggard	8,384	36,826
#4,231	Wentz	8,376	36,861
#4,232	Piazza	8,372	36,878
#4,234	Prewitt	8,371	36,883

Who is named Bertram

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

91% of people named Bertram identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bertrams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Bertram
Actress, born 1978
William Bertram
Actor, film director (1880–1933)
Rose Bertram
Belgian model, born 1994

Notable Bertrams come mostly from Canada (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Batterham

Surnames that sound like Bertram

Bertram has the Soundex code B636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B636.

Questions

Where does the surname Bertram come from?: From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).
How common is the surname Bertram?: 8,369 people in the United States had the surname Bertram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,892 Americans. It ranked 4,236th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bertram?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bertram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bertram?: Laura Bertram, actress, followed by William Bertram.
Where is the surname Bertram most common?: Wikidata records people named Bertram in Canada and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Bertram?: Bertram is /ˈbɜɹtɹəm/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Bertram?: Bertram is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Bertram getting more or less common?: More common. 7,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,369 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Bertram?: Batterham.
Is Bertram also a first name?: Yes. Bertram is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.