The Cerny surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,230 people carried this name — #9,276 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
130 people named Cerny live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 126 people named Cerny.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Ariège.
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 print
Cerny in American newspapers,
1898–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,558 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cerny,
with a public archive behind them.
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Berthe Cerny 1868–1940 · actor -
Charles Cerny 1892–1965 · illustrator -
Jiří Černý 1936– · writer -
Florian Cerny 1946– · singer -
Mark Cerny 1964– · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 39 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerny.
- Cerezo 1,269 · U.S. census
- Cerf 360 · U.S. census
- Ceriani 196 · U.S. census
- Cerini 293 · U.S. census
- Cerise 373 · U.S. census
- Cerna 4,020 · U.S. census
- Ceron 3,066 · U.S. census
- Cerqueira 534 · U.S. census
- Cerrato 2,103 · U.S. census
- Cerri 317 · U.S. census
- Cerro 469 · U.S. census
- Cerrone 1,912 · U.S. census
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