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BERNEY

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There are approximately 471 people named Berney in the UK. That makes it the 10,756th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 7 are named Berney.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Berney surname in historical dictionaries

BERNEY. The baronet's family are asserted to have been seated at Berney, near Walsingham, co. Norfolk, at the time of the Norman Conquest — a great improbability, although their -'cry early settlement there cannot be questioned. Bernays is of distinct origin, being a recent importation from Germany; it is supposed that the latter family were originally Frencli, and that they derived their designation from the town of Bernay, in the department of the Eure, in Normandy.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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