The surname Bernards
A Dutch patronymic surname, carried by 571 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B656
Origin
Dutch origin
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bernards, patronymic from the name Bernard. This name is also found in Latvia, of the same sense.
Bernards is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 571 people named Bernards in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 540,710 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 534.
Who is named Bernards
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Bernards identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Bernards
Bernards has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.
Other Dutch surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bernards come from?
- Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bernards, patronymic from the name Bernard. This name is also found in Latvia, of the same sense.
- How common is the surname Bernards?
- 571 people in the United States had the surname Bernards in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 540,710 Americans. It ranked 38,691st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bernards?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bernards identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Bernards?
- Bernards is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Bernards getting more or less common?
- More common. 534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 571 in 2010, up 6.9%.