Beras
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/βeɾas/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Beras is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic *bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 3.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M
- NONorway1 in 29K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 96 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Dominican Republic, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Berås in NO Norway and Beraś in PL Poland.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Malayberas(measured from records)
- Proto-Malayic*bəras(measured from records)
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəʀas(measured from records)
- Proto-Austronesian*bəʀas(measured from records)
From Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic *bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Beras counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈5,800 est. | ≈1 in 242K | — | Beras | 1 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #260 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Beras | 38 |
| US United States | — | 271 | 1 in 1.2M | 356 | Beras | 96 |
| NO Norway | — | 190 | 1 in 29K | 190 | Berås | 2 |
| PL Poland | — | 158 | 1 in 242K | 89 | Beraś | 16 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Beras | 1 |
| PR Puerto Rico | — | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Beras | 3 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 21 | 1 in 100K | 21 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Beras is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In btx, in general: rice that has already been husked. Also the pit or hard part of a fruit; fig. the milk teeth of a child; also, the testicles
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In map-pro, rice between harvesting and cooking; husked rice
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In ckv, rice that has been harvested but not yet cooked
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Latin, accusative feminine plural of bērus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In iba, rice husked or milled but uncooked
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In ckv, rice ((raw) seeds used as food)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Octavio Antonio Beras Rojasb. 1906DOCatholic cardinal (1906–1990)
- Nathalie Berasb. 1970FRFrench diplomat and painter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 356 | #61,001 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 271 | #71,886 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 239 | #75,219 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 21 | #13,208 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 18 | #44,505 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Beras mean, and where does it come from?
- From Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic *bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Recorded by Wiktionary and Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames).
- How do you pronounce Beras?
- A machine transcription gives /βeɾas/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Beras have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.8 thousand people named Beras in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled beras.
- How common is the name Beras?
- In the United States, the national register counted 271 people named Beras in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Beras compared with other names?
- In the Dominican Republic, Beras is the 260th most common surname of 26,844 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Beras” — the 260th most common surname in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.