The Cerna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,726 people carried this name — #6,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,500 people counted. That is up 42% from 4,020 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,472 people named Cerna 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 Mendoza.
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 63 people named Cerna.
Most of them — 51 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Cerna live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Cerna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vicente Cerna Sandoval 1815–1885 · politician -
Panait Cerna 1881–1913 · writer -
Ricardo Alfonso Cerna 1956–2003 · motor vehicle driver -
Osvaldo Del Carmen Cerna Huard d. 1974 · accountant
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Miroslava Černá 1901– · athlete
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Alexandru Cerna-Radulescu 1920–1990 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerna.
- Ceretto 113 · U.S. census
- Cerezo 1,927 · U.S. census
- Cerf 344 · U.S. census
- Ceriani 207 · U.S. census
- Cerini 301 · U.S. census
- Cerise 394 · U.S. census
- Cerny 3,227 · U.S. census
- Ceron 4,998 · U.S. census
- Cerqueira 667 · U.S. census
- Cerrato 3,067 · U.S. census
- Cerri 358 · U.S. census
- Cerro 564 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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