The Berner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,826 people carried this name — #6,949 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,615 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,356 people named Berner live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 Poland’s population register
432 people named Berner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 488 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 134 people named Berner.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Doubs.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 63 people named Berner 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
519 people named Berner are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Berner in American newspapers,
1884–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,728 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Berner,
with a public archive behind them.
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John F. Berner d. 1996
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Clara Berner d. 1679
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Johann Berner 1572– · bookseller
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Georg Berner 1590– · mintmaster
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Gustaf Berner 1700–1716 · Lutheran pastor
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Christian Berner 1702–1773 · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berner.
- Bernasconi 499 · U.S. census
- Bernat 1,522 · U.S. census
- Bernauer 523 · U.S. census
- Berndt 6,081 · U.S. census
- Berne 447 · U.S. census
- Bernel 127 · U.S. census
- Bernert 327 · U.S. census
- Bernes 140 · U.S. census
- Bernet 588 · U.S. census
- Bernhard 3,735 · U.S. census
- Bernhardt 7,253 · U.S. census
- Bernhart 529 · U.S. census
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