Bernuy

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 8.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 278K
  • CLChile≈1 in 326K

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.

Peru (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,900 people, est.

Sources
61 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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)

Bernuy 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 Bernuy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru≈3,900 est.≈1 in 8.1K—Bernuy61
ES Spain1801 in 278K180Bernuy42
BR Brazil≈160 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Bernuy21
US United States1191 in 2.8M133Bernuy61
AR Argentina601 in 758K60Bernuy26
CL Chile≈56 est.≈1 in 326K—Bernuy21
CO Colombia≈47 est.≈1 in 1M—Bernuy17

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940195019601970León Bernuy Espinoza, b. 1945Julio Noriega Bernuy, b. 1956Aldrin Zárate Bernuy, b. 1969

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 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Bernuy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—180#17,927
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—180#17,875
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020133#132,523
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010119#140,157
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—60—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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

In which country does Bernuy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.9 thousand people named Bernuy in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bernuy.
How common is the name Bernuy?
In Spain, the national register counted 180 people named Bernuy, about 1 in 278 thousand 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, “Bernuy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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