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The surname Bernabe

A Spanish surname, carried by 4,915 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B651

Bernabe: #6,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bernabe #6,848, 4,915 people Bernabe: #6,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bernabe #6,848, 4,915 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bernabe is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Bernabé.

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 4,915 people named Bernabe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,817 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,103.

#6,848
rank among US surnames
4,915
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+58.4%
change since 2000 (was #9,614)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,839Takahashi4,92862,651
#6,840Hovey4,92762,664
#6,842Engelhardt4,92462,702
#6,843Torgerson4,92362,715
#6,845Bannon4,92162,740
#6,846Bürg4,91962,766
#6,847Kuehl4,91862,779

Who is named Bernabe

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

70% of people named Bernabe identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 70%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
  • White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bernabe

Bernabe has the Soundex code B651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B651.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bernabe come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Bernabé.
How common is the surname Bernabe?
4,915 people in the United States had the surname Bernabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,817 Americans. It ranked 6,848th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bernabe?
In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Bernabe identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Bernabe getting more or less common?
More common. 3,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,915 in 2010, up 58%.