Bernales

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bernales, a habitational surname from Basque. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

Proper noun

Bernales (plural Bernaleses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bernales is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Bernales is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (45.57%) and Hispanic/Latino (43.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bernales”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ber‧na‧les

Proper noun

Bernales

1. a surname