Bernal Forename

90,819th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,472 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Costa Rica
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Bernal Forename Definition:

A Spanish form of Bernard. Conf. the Portuguese and Italian name Bernaldo.

Bernal Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Costa Rica
100%
2,6551:1,796340
Mexico
99%
 
7461:166,4133,275
United States
100%
6651:545,16813,992
Philippines
98%
 
3601:294,47111,586
Guatemala
100%
2091:77,0741,991
Colombia
 
63%
1321:361,9626,464
Venezuela
100%
1081:279,6479,091
DR Congo
92%
 
821:900,33727,216
Panama
100%
731:53,5143,460
Peru
95%
 
561:567,7059,632
Dominican Republic-491:212,8838,521
Jamaica-471:61,3453,197
Paraguay
100%
351:206,7663,303
Indonesia-331:7,817,081269,446
Spain
100%
231:2,023,04211,683
Lebanon
82%
 
201:281,3794,944
Canada-191:1,743,86227,512
Brazil
100%
121:17,853,013181,068
Argentina
100%
121:3,564,43710,379
England
100%
111:5,054,81145,959
Honduras
100%
111:801,5889,931
Turkey
 
88%
81:9,725,21431,896
India
100%
81:151,859,7461,755,835
Italy
100%
81:7,632,76127,464
Germany
100%
71:13,811,12541,547
Cuba-71:1,643,7934,685
El Salvador-61:1,056,9646,645
Netherlands
100%
61:2,817,01428,147
Belgium
100%
51:2,298,00820,299
Nicaragua
100%
51:1,203,66714,616
South Africa
100%
51:10,906,530170,325
Taiwan-51:4,753,93676,486
Congo
50%
 
41:1,252,30119,043
Malaysia
83%
 
41:7,612,485167,458
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Russia-21:72,116,852125,484
Bulgaria
100%
21:3,495,19519,668
Austria
100%
21:4,257,10013,469
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Albania
100%
21:1,523,28533,816
China-21:683,027,89194,999
France
100%
21:33,235,17058,100
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775

The alternate forms: Bérnal (1) are calculated separately.

Bernal (468,924) may also be a surname.

Bernal Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Spanish form of Bernard. Conf. the Portuguese and Italian name Bernaldo.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Bernal Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Bernal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bernal in the Russian language
Бернальbernal-

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