Bernier surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bernier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,614 people carried this name — #3,693 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 8,981 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 6,037 people named Bernier.

80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 80
Paris 611
Loire-Atlantique 603
Maine-et-Loire 479
Nord 356
Deux-Sèvres 307
Orne 194
Vendée 188
Marne 177

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 296 people named Bernier 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 134
Namur 61
Walloon Brabant 29
Liège 29
Luxembourg Province 21
Brussels-Capital 15
Limburg 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

85 people named Bernier live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 38
Jura 15
Geneva 12
Valais 9
Zurich 8
Neuchâtel 3

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 69 people named Bernier 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 33
Neuquén 18
Santa Cruz 18

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Bernier in American newspapers,
1910–1920.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Bernier
The Birmingham Age-herald 1920-01-11
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Bernier
The Montgomery Advertiser 1910-05-22
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Bernier
The Sun 1916-01-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,553 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bernier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolas Bernier
    Nicolas Bernier 1664–1734 · composer
  • Jean Bernier d. 1384 · jurist
  • Joachim Bernier de La Brousse 1580–1623 · poet
  • François Bernier 1620–1688 · writer
  • Louis Bernier 1706–1768 · parochus
  • Benoît-François Bernier 1720–1801 · military officer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Bernier.

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