Bernier is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bernier
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Frequent including Loire-Atlantic and the North is most often a personal name of Germanic origin, Bernhari (bern = Bear + hari = army). It should be noted that the word "bernier" (or "barnier") is attested in ancient French with the meaning of "baron", which is also an option, at least in some cases. The Bernié name, rarer than Bernier, found mostly in the Rouergue. Corsican Form: Bernieri.

How popular is Bernier?

Bernier is common in United States.

Bernier is ranked 10401 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bernier bearers increased by 7.048213 per cent in 2010 US census to 9614 since 2000, the surname slipped by 59 spots and ranked at 3693. The last name was found in around 33 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.62 90.62
Hispanic or Latino 5.28 4.31
Black 3.22 2.81
Others 1.84 1.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.47
Bernier is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada while Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead in terms of density. Around 51646 people have been found who wears Bernier as their family name. Bernier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
8,582 Japan6
9,053 Senegal5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
720,003 Russia4
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
2,966 Benin4
1,272 Cuba3
14,054 China3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
1,500,361 India2
24,766 Scotland2
21,529 Singapore2
473 Anguilla2
261 Vanuatu2
4,164 Vietnam2
12,161 Wales2
14,521 Portugal2
44,018 Poland2
11,224 Cameroon2
485 Dominica2
2,401 Honduras2
9,185 Hong Kong2
883 Macau2
1,136 Mali2
28,232 Morocco2
54,135 Philippines2
91,784 Netherlands2
3,275 Nepal1
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
31,584 Peru1
2,374 Bermuda1
37,493 Austria1
28,746 Algeria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
9,591 Panama1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
14,644 Tunisia1
53,505 Turkey1
77,122 Sweden1
7,895 South Korea1
19,533 Uruguay1
1,819 Laos1
47,891 Norway1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
42,479 Greece1
2,715 Gabon1
9,116 Nicaragua1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,834 Australia39
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
403 United States Virgin Islands36
2,645 Luxembourg26
14,048 Ireland16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
50,444 Argentina90
173 Saint Kitts and Nevis52
Countries with hundreds of Bernier:
542 Puerto Rico584
3,794 Belgium453
25,888 Germany403
9,620 Spain392
3,148 Chile342
12,518 Mexico340
26,179 England183
9,538 Venezuela151
3,381 Dominican Republic144
238 French Polynesia139
10,773 Switzerland108
167 New Caledonia103
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Bernier:
945 Haiti1,668
2,416 Colombia1,153
Countries with ten thousands of Bernier:
148 Canada20,793
395 France12,123
3,353 United States11,957
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Bernier was 31 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on May 6, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as blacksmith and took Seraphine from London. Mary-Ann Bernier (31) Blacksmith, William Bernier, aged 4, are others that migrated to US.

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 Bernier is a surname, derived from the old German name bernhari, derived from the root meaning ber Ourset hari meaning former army nickname surname became warlord.

Bernier Namesakes

  • Amaury Bernier, Film Score Composer
  • Leo Bernier, Politician
  • Jonathan Bernier, Ice hockey goaltender
  • André Bernier, Canadian Politician
  • Aubree Bernier-Clarke, Film producer
  • François Bernier, Physician
  • Leo Bernier, Politician
  • Carle Bernier-Genest, Politician
  • Carolyne Bernier, Singer
  • Maxime Bernier, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Ray C. Bernier, from 1963 drama film Below The Hill, who played the N.

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