How common is the surname Bernhardt?

7,253 people in the United States had the surname Bernhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,568 Americans. It ranked 4,860th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bernhardt?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bernhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bernhardt?

David L. Bernhardt, 53rd United States Secretary of the Interior, followed by Warren Bernhardt.

Where is the surname Bernhardt most common?

Wikidata records people named Bernhardt in the United States and German Reich.

Is the surname Bernhardt getting more or less common?

More common. 7,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,253 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Bernhardt

A German surname, carried by 7,253 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bernhardt is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

German origin

German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Jewish surname, variant of Bernhard. Compare Barnard, Barnhardt, Barnhart.

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 7,253 people named Bernhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,568 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,068.

#4,860

rank among US surnames

7,253

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,594)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,852	McKenney	7,265	42,498
#4,853	Cupp	7,263	42,509
#4,854	Christ	7,261	42,521
#4,856	McCool	7,259	42,533
#4,857	Ries	7,258	42,539
#4,858	McDaniels	7,256	42,550
#4,859	Speed	7,255	42,556

Who is named Bernhardt

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

94% of people named Bernhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bernhardts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David L. Bernhardt
53rd United States Secretary of the Interior, born 1969
Warren Bernhardt
American pianist (1938–2022)
Abd-ru-shin
Author of Grail Message (1875-1941)

Notable Bernhardts come mostly from the United States (2) and German Reich (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bernhardt

Bernhardt has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bernhardt come from?: German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Jewish surname, variant of Bernhard. Compare Barnard, Barnhardt, Barnhart.
How common is the surname Bernhardt?: 7,253 people in the United States had the surname Bernhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,568 Americans. It ranked 4,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bernhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bernhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bernhardt?: David L. Bernhardt, 53rd United States Secretary of the Interior, followed by Warren Bernhardt.
Where is the surname Bernhardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Bernhardt in the United States and German Reich.
Is the surname Bernhardt getting more or less common?: More common. 7,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,253 in 2010, up 2.6%.