Bernan Forename

265,401st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 929 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Bernan Forename Definition:

A Middle English name, meaning: A storage place.

Bernan Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
98%
 
5111:207,4559,114
Costa Rica
100%
1301:36,6771,881
Indonesia-601:4,299,394177,786
United States
50%
 
441:8,239,47788,298
Venezuela
100%
311:974,25521,161
Turkey
 
92%
271:2,881,54517,120
Brazil-261:8,239,852108,951
Honduras
100%
181:489,8597,529
Peru
100%
161:1,986,96620,449
Colombia
100%
91:5,308,77029,121
Mexico
100%
91:13,793,82537,132
Chile
100%
71:2,515,31515,652
Bulgaria
100%
51:1,398,07812,856
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Ethiopia
50%
 
41:24,390,03319,296
Afghanistan
100%
41:8,155,87935,337
Argentina
67%
 
31:14,257,74823,489
Nicaragua
100%
31:2,006,11219,543
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Guatemala
100%
21:8,054,21410,362
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170
France-11:66,470,34085,030
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159

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

Bernan (969) may also be a surname.

Bernan Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Middle English name, meaning: A storage place.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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