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
Average Male Bern Height
174.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bern Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bern Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bern (Arabic: برن, Russian: Берн) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bern? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bern is the 125,679th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,013,134 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 45 percent of Bern reside; 30 percent reside in North America and 30 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 121,032nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 3,452 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,269 people, or 1 in 285,626. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 17 percent reside, Illinois, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States it exists in 82 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 13 percent reside.
Bern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bern last name rose 829 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bern Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Bern surname is primarily Orthodox (66%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bern surname are 8.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.3% registered to vote for the 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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