Bernson Surname

481,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 693 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Bernson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bernson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5891:615,38049,848
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Norway201:257,11427,149
England71:7,959,723202,100
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
France21:33,211,361423,184
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Bernson (10) may also be a first name.

Bernson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bernson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bernson occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bernson.

How Common Is The Last Name Bernson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 481,056th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 10,515,939 people. The last name Bernson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Bernson are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bernson is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 10 people.

The surname Bernson is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 589 people, or 1 in 615,380. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 11 percent are found, Michigan, where 7 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 5 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.

Bernson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bernson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bernson surname expanded 1,111 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 30 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bernson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Jewish (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Bernson surname are 1.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52% being registered with the political party.

The amount Bernson earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 11.8% less than the national average, earning 305,250 kr per year and in United States they earn 24.22% more than the national average, earning $53,599 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bernson
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