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Bernstein

in the US

There are 16,888 people with the last name "Bernstein" in the United States.

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Bernstein 1,618
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  1. is 1,614th most common Brand
  2. is 1,615th most common Paulson
  3. is 1,616th most common Vo
  4. is 1,617th most common Hackett
  5. is 1,618th most common Bernstein
  6. is 1,619th most common Esquivel
  7. is 1,620th most common Dukes
  8. is 1,621st most common Keenan
  9. is 1,622nd most common Peralta

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bernard, Bernal, Bernier, Bernhardt, Bernardo, Berndt, Berner, Bernhard, Bernardi, Berns

Most Common First Names for Bernstein

David, Robert, Michael, Richard, Steven, Mark, Susan, Barbara, Jeffrey, Alan

Meaning & History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bernstein ‘amber’ (from Middle Low German bernen ‘to burn’+ stēn ‘stone’; it was thought to be created by burning, although it is in fact fossilized pine resin).

German: habitational name from a place named Bernstein, of which there is one example in Bavaria and another in what used to be East Prussia (now Pełczyce in northwestern Poland). Both of these probably get their German names from the notion of a ‘burnt stone’, for example in brick making, rather than from the usual modern meaning, ‘amber’. The name may also be derived from Bärenstein, a common field and place name, especially in Bavaria and Austria.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): in some cases perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a craftsman or dealer in amber.

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