Bernius

surname · Latin script

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

Bernius is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: von Bern[hard] (evtl.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • BZBelize≈1 in 140K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 370K

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)

≈2,600 people, est.

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 140K (inferred from the name graph)

Belize, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

von Bern[hard] (evtl. Veronika?); latinisierte Form mit -ius; 78 Belege.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bernius 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 Bernius is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,600 est.≈1 in 528K—Bernius1
US United States3021 in 1.1M302Bernius121
DE Germany≈220 est.≈1 in 370K—Bernius47
IT Italy≈50 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Bernius1
GB United Kingdom≈34 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Bernius5
JM Jamaica≈7 est.≈1 in 415K—Bernius1
BZ Belize≈3 est.≈1 in 140K—Bernius1

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. 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)

Bernius is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Lithuanian, Galbūt galūnės -ius vedinys iš bėrnas, plg. befnius „paaugęs berniukas“. Bet plg. vok. Bernius Bernota Berno, Bernpy ir pan. (M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 180), lenk. Biern (SSNO I 156), Bernaš : Bernard (S. Rospond, 1967, p. 40).

    as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

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)

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 8 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Bernius
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010302#65,593
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000301#62,236
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020295#71,297
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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 Bernius mean?
Recorded meaning: von Bern[hard] (evtl.
In which country does Bernius have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Bernius in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bernius.
How common is the name Bernius?
In the United States, the national register counted 302 people named Bernius 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

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bernius”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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