The Bernardo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,003 people carried this name — #5,017 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted. That is up 18% from 5,939 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,021 people named Bernardo 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
478 people named Bernardo live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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/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 335 people named Bernardo.
159 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
21 people named Bernardo have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 65 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Bernardo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Bernardo in American newspapers,
1865–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,161 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bernardo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Bernardo d. 1608
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Andrea Bernardo d. 1591
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Paolo de Bernardo 1331–1393 · diplomat
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Pietro Bernardino 1475–1502 · goldsmith
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Lorenzo Bernardo 1534–1592 · ambassador
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Juan Bernardo 1569–1594
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bernardo.
- Bernal 39,693 · U.S. census
- Bernard 38,512 · U.S. census
- Bernardi 3,050 · U.S. census
- Bernardin 591 · U.S. census
- Bernardini 1,375 · U.S. census
- Bernardino 3,111 · U.S. census
- Bernardon 103 · U.S. census
- Bernardoni 126 · U.S. census
- Bernardy 685 · U.S. census
- Bernasconi 499 · U.S. census
- Bernat 1,522 · U.S. census
- Bernauer 523 · U.S. census
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