How common is the surname Berndt?

6,081 people in the United States had the surname Berndt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,772 Americans. It ranked 5,700th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berndt?

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

Who is the most famous person named Berndt?

Bruce C. Berndt, American mathematician, followed by Catherine Berndt.

Where is the surname Berndt most common?

Wikidata records people named Berndt in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Berndt getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,081 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Berndt

A German surname, carried by 6,081 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berndt is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Berndt.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,081 people named Berndt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,772 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,267.

#5,700

rank among US surnames

6,081

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #5,139)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,694	Evenson	6,088	50,714
#5,695	Avendano	6,086	50,730
#5,697	Chaudhry	6,084	50,747
#5,700	Berndt	6,081	50,772
#5,702	Strickler	6,079	50,789

Who is named Berndt

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

96% of people named Berndt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Berndts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bruce C. Berndt
American mathematician, born 1939
Catherine Berndt
Australian anthropologist (1918-1994)

Notable Berndts come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Berndt

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Berndt come from?: Borrowed from German Berndt.
How common is the surname Berndt?: 6,081 people in the United States had the surname Berndt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,772 Americans. It ranked 5,700th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berndt?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Berndt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Berndt?: Bruce C. Berndt, American mathematician, followed by Catherine Berndt.
Where is the surname Berndt most common?: Wikidata records people named Berndt in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Berndt getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,081 in 2010, down 3.0%.