How common is the surname Berns?

3,139 people in the United States had the surname Berns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. It ranked 10,268th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berns?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Berns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Berns?

Sam Berns, American activist (1996–2014), followed by Bert Berns.

Where is the surname Berns most common?

Wikidata records people named Berns in the United States.

Is the surname Berns getting more or less common?

More common. 2,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,139 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Berns

A surname, carried by 3,139 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berns is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

* As a Dutch and German surname, from the personal name Bern, a variant of Bernd. * As a Latvian surname, shortened from the personal name Bernards, Bernard. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Broin, see Byrne. * As an English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Burns. * Also as an English surname, variant of Barnes.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,139 people named Berns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,883.

#10,268

rank among US surnames

3,139

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,253)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,260	Schoch	3,141	98,295
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389

Who is named Berns

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

94% of people named Berns identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bernss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam Berns
American activist (1996–2014)
Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s (1929–1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Berns

Berns has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Questions

Where does the surname Berns come from?: * As a Dutch and German surname, from the personal name Bern, a variant of Bernd. * As a Latvian surname, shortened from the personal name Bernards, Bernard. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Broin, see Byrne. * As an English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Burns. * Also as an English surname,…
How common is the surname Berns?: 3,139 people in the United States had the surname Berns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. It ranked 10,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berns?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Berns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Berns?: Sam Berns, American activist (1996–2014), followed by Bert Berns.
Where is the surname Berns most common?: Wikidata records people named Berns in the United States.
Is the surname Berns getting more or less common?: More common. 2,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,139 in 2010, up 8.9%.