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    The surname Berhane

    A surname, carried by 1,141 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B650

    Berhane: #22,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Berhane #22,530, 1,141 people Berhane: #22,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berhane #22,530, 1,141 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berhane is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,141 people named Berhane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,592 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 721.

    #22,530
    rank among US surnames
    1,141
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +58.3%
    change since 2000 (was #30,552)

    Who is named Berhane

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Berhane identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Berhane

    Berhane has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berhane?
    1,141 people in the United States had the surname Berhane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,592 Americans. It ranked 22,530th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berhane?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Berhane identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Berhane getting more or less common?
    More common. 721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,141 in 2010, up 58%.