How common is the last name Bernard?

37,873 people in the United States have the last name Bernard, about 1 in 7,892. It ranks #908 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BERNARD

#908

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,873
About
1 in 7,892
This common or more
38.6%
Who bears it

Of the 37,873 people with the last name Bernard, 58.1% reported their origin as White, 27.3% as Black and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bernard

#906 Vaughan · 37,970#907 Landry · 37,904#909 Michael · 37,760#910 Everett · 37,752

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bernard, most common first.

#4,742 Bernardo · 7,238#4,961 Bernhardt · 6,862#7,545 Berner · 4,250#8,926 Bernhard · 3,519#10,501 Bernardi · 2,915#22,759 Bernardez · 1,156#34,306 Bernardy · 712#38,609 Bernardin · 617

Also a first name

As a first name, Bernard ranks #641 of 53,615, with 82,518 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1924, with 4,524 births. See Bernard as a first name

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