How common is the surname Bermejo?

2,330 people in the United States had the surname Bermejo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,509 Americans. It ranked 13,138th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bermejo?

Lee Bermejo, American comic artist.

Where is the surname Bermejo most common?

Wikidata records people named Bermejo in the United States.

Is the surname Bermejo getting more or less common?

More common. 1,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,330 in 2010, up 57%.

The surname Bermejo

A Spanish nickname surname, carried by 2,330 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bermejo is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

Bermejo is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,330 people named Bermejo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,509 Americans. That is up 57% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,482.

#13,138

rank among US surnames

2,330

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+57.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,521)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,132	Meldrum	2,332	132,395
#13,133	Hutsell	2,331	132,452
#13,138	Ament	2,330	132,509
#13,142	Cervera	2,329	132,566

Who is named Bermejo

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

88% of people named Bermejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Bermejos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Bermejo
American comic artist, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bermejo

Bermejo has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bermejo come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Bermejo, from bermejo, originally adapted as a nickname for a red-haired man.
How common is the surname Bermejo?: 2,330 people in the United States had the surname Bermejo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,509 Americans. It ranked 13,138th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bermejo?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bermejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Bermejo?: Lee Bermejo, American comic artist.
Where is the surname Bermejo most common?: Wikidata records people named Bermejo in the United States.
What type of surname is Bermejo?: Bermejo is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Bermejo getting more or less common?: More common. 1,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,330 in 2010, up 57%.