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The Berardi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,354 people carried this name — #9,679 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,129 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Berardi surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Berardo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Berardi» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,609 people named Berardi live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,307
City of Buenos Aires 505
Santa Fe 260
Córdoba 169
Mendoza 119
San Luis 44
Río Negro 40
Jujuy 33

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 353 people named Berardi.

142 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 142
Alpes-Maritimes 41
Isère 33
Bouches-du-Rhône 24
Paris 17
Meurthe-et-Moselle 17
Rhône 15
Vaucluse 8
Charente-Maritime 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

179 people named Berardi live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 50
Ticino 44
Solothurn 18
Vaud 16
Geneva 11
Valais 9
Basel-Landschaft 8
St. Gallen 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Berardi in American newspapers,
1870–1901.

Newspaper page from The Lewiston Teller carrying the name Berardi
The Lewiston Teller 1901-08-01
Newspaper page from The Lewiston Teller carrying the name Berardi
The Lewiston Teller 1901-07-18
Newspaper page from The Lewiston Teller carrying the name Berardi
The Lewiston Teller 1901-06-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 630 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Berardi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marco Tullio Berardi
    Marco Tullio Berardi 1601–1700
  • Marco Berardi d. 1563
  • Francesco Bracchini Berardi d. 1837 · organ builder
  • Leo of Ostia 1046–1115 · writer
  • Giovanni Berardi 1182– · monk
  • Berardo Berardi 1250–1291 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Berardi is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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