How common is the surname Bernath?

1,192 people in the United States had the surname Bernath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bernath?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bernath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bernath getting more or less common?

More common. 1,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Bernath

A surname, carried by 1,192 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bernath is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,192 people named Bernath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,151.

#21,811

rank among US surnames

1,192

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,244)

Who is named Bernath

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

96% of people named Bernath identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bernath

Bernath has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Questions

How common is the surname Bernath?: 1,192 people in the United States had the surname Bernath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bernath?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bernath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bernath getting more or less common?: More common. 1,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 3.6%.