Bernardo is used as a family name or surname in Portugal, Italy. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bernardo
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Portugal, Italy
Meaning:

Bernardo is the variation of Bernhard. Bear's nature; i.e., bold as a bear.

A variant of the Barnhart. Descendant of Berinhard meaning bear, strong.

The variant of Bernhardt. Descendant of Berinhard meaning "bear, strong".

How popular is Bernardo?

Bernardo is common in Angola, Philippines, Mozambique, Brazil, Portugal, United States, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Peru, Argentina, France, Canada, Tanzania, South Africa, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Cuba, Guatemala, Indonesia, England, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Singapore, Hong Kong, Uruguay, Malawi, Guam, Namibia.

Bernardo is ranked 1683 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bernardos grew by 17.92 per cent to 7003 since 2000 and ranked 5017 after elevating 378 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 49.86 57.89
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 30.92 27.85
Hispanic or Latino 15.79 11.13
Others 2.23 2.17
Black 1.2 0
Bernardo is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Angola which signifies its Angola provenence. Around 326862 people have been found who wears Bernardo as their family name. Bernardo is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Bernardo:
35 Angola133,696
Countries with ten thousands of Bernardo:
118 Philippines55,679
119 Mozambique48,203
459 Brazil32,707
141 Portugal12,889
Countries with thousands of Bernardo:
5,415 United States8,199
1,443 Mexico6,996
1,784 Italy5,354
1,046 Spain5,321
1,078 Peru4,476
1,709 Argentina2,115
4,007 France2,011
3,629 Canada1,350
Countries with hundreds of Bernardo:
5,888 Tanzania988
7,362 South Africa933
2,963 Ecuador740
1,187 Dominican Republic609
2,571 United Arab Emirates408
8,346 Australia383
1,588 Cuba366
2,190 Guatemala349
41,355 Indonesia261
18,649 England252
5,604 Switzerland209
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
4,763 Venezuela192
1,115 Singapore188
847 Hong Kong155
2,739 Uruguay146
14,293 Malawi131
185 Guam124
3,504 Namibia120
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
59,076 Germany100
11,103 New Zealand60
3,012 Panama56
36,360 Netherlands55
21,809 Austria51
30,743 Japan51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
210,847 Thailand44
6,585 Qatar37
391 São Tomé and Príncipe37
3,734 Luxembourg35
38,592 Belgium33
10,821 Colombia32
4,042 Paraguay32
14,299 Chile30
539 Andorra29
14,967 Kuwait29
10,357 Scotland28
122 East Timor25
20,394 Denmark21
283,555 Russia19
39,827 Sweden18
7,073 Northern Ireland15
83,604 Malaysia14
11,840 Taiwan13
5,995 China12
4,704 Oman12
1,796 Cape Verde11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,005 Bermuda10
5,469 Bahrain9
684,495 India9
4,667 Costa Rica8
4,829 Honduras8
62,476 Israel8
47,258 Norway8
8,814 Trinidad and Tobago8
109,517 Papua New Guinea7
3,435 Puerto Rico7
6,441 Bolivia6
939 Northern Mariana Islands6
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Bernardo worked as miner and hailed from Italy. 17 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Gascogne and arrived on October 13, 1890. 24 years old A. Bernardo, A. Bernardo (27) Laborer, 33 years old A. Bernardo, Tailor A. Bernardo, A. Bernardo, aged 37, 26 years old Alessandro Bernardo, Alfonso Bernardo, aged 31, Peasant Alfonso Bernardo, and 233 other Bernardo around 44.14% of whom were laborer while others worked as tailor and peasant, housewife, farmer, country man, country woman, shoemaker, mason, dressmaker, barber, daughter migrated to US.

From Germany

22 years old merchant Genisio Bernardo who was residing in France migrated to USA on July 10, 1888 by Leerdam put out from Rotterdam. 26 years old Bertha Bernardo, Tailor Luc. Bernardo, are others that migrated to US.

Bernardo Namesakes

  • Martha de San Bernardo, 17th-century Colettine Poor Clare
  • Mike Bernardo, South African kickboxer and boxer from Cape Town
  • Naty Bernardo, Filipino actress with a more than 40 year career
  • Noah Bernardo, Noah "Wuv" Bernardo Jr
  • Hendrich Miller Meireles Bernardo, Brazilian attacking midfielder
  • Michael Bernardo, Canadian actor, athlete, and coach

Bernardo Namesakes

  • Martha de San Bernardo, 17th-century Colettine Poor Clare
  • Mike Bernardo, South African kickboxer and boxer from Cape Town
  • Naty Bernardo, Filipino actress with a more than 40 year career
  • Noah Bernardo, Noah "Wuv" Bernardo Jr
  • Hendrich Miller Meireles Bernardo, Brazilian attacking midfielder
  • Michael Bernardo, Canadian actor, athlete, and coach

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