Bernabei surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bernabei surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 404 people carried this name — #51,512 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 399 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 301 people named Bernabei 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 98
Santa Fe 73
Buenos Aires Province 49
City of Buenos Aires 41
Mendoza 23
Río Negro 17

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 76 people named Bernabei.

Most of them — 41 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Alpes-Maritimes 9
Moselle 4
Vaucluse 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Paris 3
Corsica 2
Marne 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

32 people named Bernabei live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

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

Where they live today

Aargau 9
Vaud 9
Bern 4
Valais 4
Basel-Stadt 3
Zurich 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Bernabei,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ercole Bernabei
    Ercole Bernabei 1622–1687 · composer
  • Felice Barnabei
    Felice Barnabei 1842–1922 · politician
  • Lazzaro Bernabei 1440–1495 · writer
  • Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei 1685–1734 · Catholic priest
  • Cesare Bernabei 1836– · lawyer
  • Bruno Bernabei 1888–1947 · politician

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bernabei 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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