Bertel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: l-Diminutiv zu Bart; auch Patronym zu Bartholomäus

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bertɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bertel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 8.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 69K
  • DKDenmark1 in 51K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Colombia (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,800 people, est.

Sources
61 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Colombia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

l-Diminutiv zu Bart; auch Patronym zu Bartholomäus. Karte zeigt labiodentale und liquide Varianten sowie b/p- und t/cht-Schwankung; 3400 Träger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bertel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bertel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CO Colombia#726≈5,800 est.≈1 in 8.4K2Bertel61
FR France—≈500 est.≈1 in 136K59—1
VE Venezuela—≈420 est.≈1 in 69K—Bertel9
US United States—2911 in 1.1M291Bertel26
DK Denmark—1161 in 51K427——
FI Finland—341 in 164K2.5KBertel3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the co-datosgov-candidates register; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bertel is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Finland

    Also written Bertël

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bertel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, zum Rufnamen Bert- (Kurzform zu germ. beraht- ‚glänzend, leuchtend‘); 1417 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Bertel, Kurzform zu Bertram/Berthold.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, Kurzwort zu Berchtold; Schwund von r und ch, mit Varianten Bechtel/Brecht.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, aus dem Rufnamen Bertel/Bechtel/Brecht; Kurz- und Koseform zu berht-Namen

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Maurice Bertel, b. 1871Bertel Bertel-Nordström, b. 1884Roine Bertel, b. 1886Paula Bertel, b. 1915Ludwig Bertel, b. 1926Jean-Luc Bertel, b. 1955

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado Sr. Bertel,Dear Mr Bertel, (English)
InformalHola Bertel,Hi Bertel, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 40 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Bertel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010291#67,747
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000280#66,073
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020279#74,639
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—116#4,702
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196184—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192184—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195183—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194183—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197182—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199159—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—34#31,259
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—2#114

Reference works 7

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Bertel?
In the etymology graph, Bertelsen is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Bertel?
A machine transcription gives /bertɛl/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Bertel mean?
Recorded meaning: l-Diminutiv zu Bart; auch Patronym zu Bartholomäus.
In which country does Bertel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.8 thousand people named Bertel in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bertel.
How common is the name Bertel?
In the United States, the national register counted 291 people named Bertel in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
How common is Bertel compared with other names?
In Colombia, Bertel is the 726th most common surname of 144,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bertel” — the 726th most common surname in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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