# Dern (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dern/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 565 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,004 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 546,452 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.3% (675 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Dern.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dern in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dern in the United States.

## People named Dern

- Laura Dern, American actress and producer (born 1967)
- Bruce Dern, American actor
- George Dern, American politician (1872-1936)
- Mackenzie Dern, American Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist

## Similar surnames

Dorn, Duran, Durham, Doran, Duron, Drum, Drown, Duren, Drumm, Drain, Derouen, Drane.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.