Bernstein Family History
Bernstein Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German
Bernstein ‘amber’ (from Middle Low German bernen ‘to
burn’ + sten ‘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 Pelczyce 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bernstein Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bernstein families
 897 - 1,791  300 - 896 |
 1 - 299  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bernstein families
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154 - 305 52 - 153 |
1 - 51 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bernstein families
|
15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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