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    The surname Bertrand

    A French surname, carried by 12,461 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B636 Also a first name

    Bertrand: #2,881 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bertrand #2,881, 12,461 people Bertrand: #2,881 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bertrand #2,881, 12,461 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bertrand is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,461 people named Bertrand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,777 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,619.

    #2,881
    rank among US surnames
    12,461
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,830)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,872Caraballo12,54624,609
    #2,873Baugh12,54324,615
    #2,874Crawley12,52324,654
    #2,875Wheatley12,52024,660
    #2,876Linn12,50824,684
    #2,877Shockley12,50424,692
    #2,878Chisholm12,50324,694

    Who is named Bertrand

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

    80% of people named Bertrand identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bertrands

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marcheline Bertrand
      American actress and producer (1950-2007)
    • Jacob Bertrand
      American actor, born 2000
    • Marcel Bertrand
      1847-1907, French geologist
    • John Bertrand
      Australian sailor, born 1946
    • Marianne Bertrand
      Belgian economist, born 1970
    • Gabriel Bertrand
      Biochemist and bacteriologist (1867–1962)
    • Jean-Jacques Bertrand
      21st Premier of Quebec (1916–1973)
    • Antoine Bertrand
      Actor, born 1977
    • John Bertrand
      American sailor, born 1956

    Notable Bertrands come mostly from the United States (3), France (2) and Canada (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bertrand

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bertrand come from?
    Bertrand is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bertrand?
    12,461 people in the United States had the surname Bertrand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,777 Americans. It ranked 2,881st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bertrand?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Bertrand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bertrand?
    Marcheline Bertrand, American actress and producer (1950-2007), followed by Jacob Bertrand.
    Where is the surname Bertrand most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bertrand in the United States, France and Canada and 2 other countries.
    Is the surname Bertrand getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,461 in 2010, up 7.2%.
    Is Bertrand also a first name?
    Yes. Bertrand 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.