The Berna surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 963 people carried this name — #24,368 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 715 people named Berna.
113 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
56 people named Berna live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berna.
- Berling 756 · U.S. census
- Berly 120 · U.S. census
- Berman 17,346 · U.S. census
- Bermann 176 · U.S. census
- Bermejo 1,482 · U.S. census
- Bermudez 19,451 · U.S. census
- Bernabe 3,103 · U.S. census
- Bernabei 399 · U.S. census
- Bernadin 236 · U.S. census
- Bernal 29,418 · U.S. census
- Bernard 36,546 · U.S. census
- Bernardi 2,884 · U.S. census
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