How common is the surname Bernier?

9,614 people in the United States had the surname Bernier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,114 Americans. It ranked 3,693rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bernier?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bernier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bernier getting more or less common?

More common. 8,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,614 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Bernier

A French surname, carried by 9,614 people in the United States.

3 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). Bernier is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Bernier.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,614 people named Bernier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,114 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,981.

#3,693

rank among US surnames

9,614

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #3,634)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,689	Camargo	9,626	32,074
#3,690	Hedges	9,625	32,077
#3,691	Brandenburg	9,624	32,081
#3,693	Bernier	9,614	32,114

Who is named Bernier

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

89% of people named Bernier identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bernier

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bernier come from?: From French Bernier.
How common is the surname Bernier?: 9,614 people in the United States had the surname Bernier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,114 Americans. It ranked 3,693rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bernier?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bernier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bernier getting more or less common?: More common. 8,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,614 in 2010, up 7.0%.