The Berni surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 419 people carried this name — #49,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 4% from 435 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
305 people named Berni live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 273 people named Berni 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 153 people named Berni.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Paris.
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.
Who carried it
People named Berni,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Berni 1497–1535 · writer -
Arnaldo Berni 1894–1918 · military personnel -
Antonio Berni 1905–1981 · sculptor -
Francesco Berni 1610–1673 · jurist
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Pietro Studiati Berni 1781–1841 · physician
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Pietro Studiati Berni 1876–1962 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berni.
- 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
- Bernheim 331 · 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
- Bernon 177 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Berni is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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