Bern Surname
Approximately 3,620 people bear this surname
Bern Surname Definition:
(English, Swiss, German) One who came from Bernes (bear), in Normandy, or from Bern (place where bears abounded), a city and canton in Switzerland, or from Bern, in Germany.
Bern Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,269 | 1:285,626 | 26,570 |
| Russia | 475 | 1:303,417 | 31,027 |
| Germany | 464 | 1:173,503 | 20,403 |
| Sweden | 273 | 1:36,069 | 2,912 |
| Taiwan | 189 | 1:124,046 | 1,140 |
| France | 93 | 1:714,223 | 89,679 |
| Norway | 80 | 1:64,279 | 9,125 |
| Denmark | 76 | 1:74,273 | 7,314 |
| Belarus | 74 | 1:128,393 | 18,481 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| Kazakhstan | 33 | 1:535,833 | 38,572 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Panama | 27 | 1:144,898 | 4,800 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:223,076 | 11,507 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Finland | 16 | 1:343,544 | 24,270 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 1:505,765 | 19,342 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:187,161 | 7,190 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 153 | 1:328,227 | 25,501 |
Bern (3,452) may also be a first name.
Bern Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English, Swiss, German) One who came from Bernes (bear), in Normandy, or from Bern (place where bears abounded), a city and canton in Switzerland, or from Bern, in Germany.
Bern Demographics
Bern Political Affiliation
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Bern Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bern Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bern (Arabic: برن, Russian: Берн) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bern? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 125,679th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,013,134 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 45 percent of Bern are found; 30 percent are found in North America and 30 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 121,032nd most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,452 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,269 people, or 1 in 285,626. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 17 percent are found, Illinois, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 82 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 13 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.
Bern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bern last name increased 829 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bern Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (66%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bern surname are 8.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.3% registered with the political party.
The amount Bern earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 11.45% more than the national average, earning 385,711 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 23% more than the national average, earning R 292,296 per year; in United States they earn 15.83% more than the national average, earning $49,978 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.23% more than the national average, earning $60,728 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bern Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bern in the Russian language | ||
| Берн | bern | - |
| Bern in the Arabic language | ||
| برن | brn | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bern
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