The Bernardi surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,884 people carried this name — #10,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,787 people named Bernardi.
475 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
475 people named Bernardi live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 93 people named Bernardi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bernardi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Bernardi 1502–1565 · Catholic bishop -
Senesino 1686–1758 · stage actor -
Achille Bernardi 1823– · lawyer -
Enrico Bernardi 1841–1919 · engineer -
Paolo Bernardi 1856–1922 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 210 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bernardi.
- Berna 963 · 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
- Bernardin 547 · U.S. census
- Bernardini 1,228 · U.S. census
- Bernardino 2,073 · U.S. census
- Bernardo 5,939 · U.S. census
- Bernardon 106 · U.S. census
- Bernardoni 180 · U.S. census
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