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    The surname Berning

    A surname, carried by 2,894 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Berning: #10,987 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Berning #10,987, 2,894 people Berning: #10,987 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berning #10,987, 2,894 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berning is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,894 people named Berning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,651.

    #10,987
    rank among US surnames
    2,894
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,003)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,979Lucier2,897106,574
    #10,983Mirabal2,896106,611
    #10,986Repp2,895106,648
    #10,987Locker2,894106,685
    #10,993Chupp2,893106,722

    Who is named Berning

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

    96% of people named Berning identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    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 Berning

    Berning has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berning?
    2,894 people in the United States had the surname Berning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. It ranked 10,987th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berning?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Berning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Berning getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,894 in 2010, up 9.2%.