Bernis

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bɛʁɲi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bernis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 2.1M(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay1 in 87K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 104K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈650 people, est.

Sources
107 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 87K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bernis 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.

Where Bernis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—≈650 est.≈1 in 104K76—2
AR Argentina—3231 in 141K323—1
US United States—≈160 est.≈1 in 2.1M174Bernis107
ES Spain—1231 in 407K123Bernis10
DZ Algeria—≈93 est.≈1 in 464K—Bernis1
UY Uruguay—391 in 87K39——
BE Belgium—281 in 419K28—3
HM Heard & McDonald Islands#983———Bernis1

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bernis is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Paraguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bernís, Bërnïs

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

    Also written Bernís

  • English given name48 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Arabic

    Also written Bernice, Бернис, Bernicé, Берніс, Bérnice

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Jules de Pierre de Bernis, b. 1842Albert Bernís, b. 1850Alberto Bernis, b. 1850Francisco Bernis Carrasco, b. 1877Blanche Bernis, b. 1900Elisa Bernis, b. 1911Francisco Bernis Madrazo, b. 1916Carmen Bernis Madrazo, b. 1919Francisco Bernis Carro, b. 1946Ernests Bernis, b. 1973

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Bernis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—323—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—123#23,756
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—123#23,693
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196199—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195194—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197182—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198177—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199176—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190173—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194171—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192171—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193164—

Reference works 5

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

How do you pronounce Bernis?
A machine transcription gives /bɛʁɲi/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Bernis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 653 people named Bernis in France, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Bernis most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bernis is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 87 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Bernis?
In Argentina, the national register counted 323 people named Bernis, about 1 in 141 thousand residents.
How common is Bernis compared with other names?
In Heard & McDonald Islands, Bernis is the 983rd most common surname of 1,376 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, “Bernis” — the 983rd most common surname in Heard & McDonald Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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