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The Bermudez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,691 people carried this name — #1,316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,000 people counted. That is up 37% from 19,451 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bermudez surname

A patrilineal surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Bermúdez.

Anglicization of Spanish Bermúdez

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bermudez» (English), 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 8,388 people named Bermudez 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 3,461
City of Buenos Aires 1,172
Santa Fe 776
Córdoba 419
Misiones 401
Chaco 300
Corrientes 276
Tucumán 243

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

232 people named Bermudez live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 46
Vaud 44
Bern 30
Zurich 26
Ticino 17
Basel-Stadt 15
Basel-Landschaft 11
Neuchâtel 10

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Bermudez.

Most of them — 71 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 71
Haute-Vienne 5
Paris 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Gironde 3
Creuse 3
Var 3
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Rhône 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

41 people named Bermudez is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 41

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Bermudez in American newspapers,
1901–1952.

Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Bermudez
The St. Louis Republic 1901-06-03
Newspaper page from The Dawson News carrying the name Bermudez
The Dawson News 1914-08-21
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Bermudez
La Gaceta 1928-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,226 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bermudez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro P. Bermúdez
    Pedro P. Bermúdez 1816–1860 · writer
  • Ruth Bermudez Montenegro
    Ruth Bermudez Montenegro 1967– · judge
  • Dennis Bermudez
    Dennis Bermudez 1986– · mixed martial arts fighter
  • A. J. Bermudez
    A. J. Bermudez 1987– · screenwriter
  • Daniela Galindo Bermúdez
    Daniela Galindo Bermúdez 1988– · entrepreneur
  • Alejandro Bermúdez Rosell 1960– · television producer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 43 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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