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    The surname Bermeo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,790 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B650

    Bermeo: #16,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bermeo #16,157, 1,790 people Bermeo: #16,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bermeo #16,157, 1,790 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bermeo is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Bermeo, itself of Basque origin.

    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 1,790 people named Bermeo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,484 Americans. That is up 100% since 2000, when the Census counted 897.

    #16,157
    rank among US surnames
    1,790
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +99.6%
    change since 2000 (was #25,775)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,150Zeitler1,791172,387
    #16,157Besser1,790172,484
    #16,161Amend1,789172,580
    #16,166Hayek1,788172,676

    Who is named Bermeo

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

    96% of people named Bermeo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bermeo

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bermeo come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Bermeo, itself of Basque origin.
    How common is the surname Bermeo?
    1,790 people in the United States had the surname Bermeo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,484 Americans. It ranked 16,157th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bermeo?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bermeo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bermeo getting more or less common?
    More common. 897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,790 in 2010, up 100%.