# Bermejo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bermejo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the nickname].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,330 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,138 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 132,509 people |
| Change since 2000 | +57% (1,482 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bermejo, from bermejo, originally adapted as a nickname for a red-haired man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bermejo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bermejo in the United States.

## People named Bermejo

- Lee Bermejo, American comic artist

## Similar surnames

Berens, Berenson, Barnes, Burns, Branch, Bernstein, Brunson, Briones, Brinkley, Brinson, Brink, Branson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.