Explore the Family Name Berntson

The meaning of Berntson

Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Berntsson: patronymic from the personal name Bernt. This is also an Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish cognate Berntsen. Compare Bernson. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Bernt, Lars, Lennart, Thor.

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How common is the last name Berntson in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Berntson has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 35,187th in popularity but dropped to 38,691st place in 2010, showing a change of -9.96%. The count of individuals bearing this surname also saw a decrease from 606 in 2000 to 571 in 2010, marking a drop of -5.78%. The proportion of people with this surname per 100k inhabitants decreased by -13.64% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,187	#38,691	-9.96%
Count	606	571	-5.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.19	-13.64%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Berntson

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the Berntson surname identified as White, making up 98.02% of the total in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 97.20% in 2010. There were no reported instances of this surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities in either year. However, there was a small percentage that identified as having two or more races, increasing from 1.16% in 2000 to 1.23% in 2010. Interestingly, the Hispanic representation within this surname group appeared in 2010 at 1.05%, having been unreported in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.02%	97.2%	-0.84%
Two or More Races	1.16%	1.23%	6.03%
Hispanic	0%	1.05%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%