Berendes
surname · Latin script
Berendes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Aus Bernhard gebildetes Patronym (Bernhard < germ.
- NLNetherlands1 in 219K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 38 (measured from records)
- 1 in 219K (inferred from the name graph)
307 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Aus Bernhard gebildetes Patronym (Bernhard < germ. *ber(a)nu- 'Bär' + *hardu- 'hart'); die Karte zeigt -es/-s-Varianz.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Where in the world(measured from records)
Berendes 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 307 | 1 in 1.1M | 309 | Berendes | 15 |
| NL Netherlands | 79 | 1 in 219K | 79 | — | 1 |
| ES Spain | 10 | 1 in 5M | 10 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 8 | 1 in 1.1M | 8 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | 4 | 1 in 2.9M | 4 | — | — |
307 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)
Berendes is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Bernd/Brend-; zeigt die Varianten mit eingeschobenem h bzw. ohne h. 497 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, aus dem Rufnamen Berendes/Behrends; Patronym zu Bernhard oder berht-Namen
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
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)
- Johan Berendesb. 1603SESwedish politician
- Fabian Berendesb. 1610SESwedish military personnel
- Märta Berendesb. 1639SESwedish noble
- Julius Berendesb. 1837DEGerman pharmacist
- Adolf Berendesb. 1848DEGerman judge
- Julius Berendesb. 1907DEGerman university teacher (1907-2001)
- Eva Berendesb. 1974DEGerman visual artist
- Maria BerendesDEGerman association football player
- Sima BerendesUSresearcher
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 309 | #68,578 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 307 | #64,721 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 265 | #69,201 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 79 | #22,810 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 10 | #120,154 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 8 | #72,019 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 4 | #110,877 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Berendes mean?
- Recorded meaning: Aus Bernhard gebildetes Patronym (Bernhard < germ.
- In which country does Berendes have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 307 people named Berendes, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berendes.
- Where is Berendes most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Berendes is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 219 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Berendes?
- In the United States, the national register counted 307 people named Berendes in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
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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, “Berendes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.