# Bertrand (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bertrand/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,461 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,777 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.2% (11,619 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bertrand in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bertrand in the United States, France, Canada, Australia and Belgium.

## People named Bertrand

- Marcheline Bertrand, American actress and producer (1950-2007)
- Jacob Bertrand, American actor
- Marcel Bertrand, 1847-1907, French geologist
- John Bertrand, Australian sailor
- Marianne Bertrand, Belgian economist
- Gabriel Bertrand, Biochemist and bacteriologist (1867–1962)
- Jean-Jacques Bertrand, 21st Premier of Quebec (1916–1973)
- Antoine Bertrand, actor
- John Bertrand, American sailor

## Similar surnames

Bertram, Brothers, Broderick, Borders, Browder, Brotherton, Brodeur, Bruder, Bartram, Border, Barter, Broadhurst.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.