The Bernheim surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 331 people carried this name — #60,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 316 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 257 people named Bernheim.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
117 people named Bernheim live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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/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 Bernheim,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Alejandro Bernheim 1822–1893 · journalist -
Hippolyte Bernheim 1840–1919 · physician -
Hippolyte Bernheim 1840–1919 · physician -
Ernst Bernheim 1850–1942 · university teacher -
Dytryk von Bernheim 1243–
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Johanna Charlotte Bernheim 1751–1796
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bernheim.
- 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
- Berni 419 · U.S. census
- Berniard 132 · U.S. census
- Bernie 258 · U.S. census
- Bernier 9,614 · U.S. census
- Bernini 103 · U.S. census
- Berno 181 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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