# Bamberger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bamberger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,161 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,216 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 265,931 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (1,118 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bumbarger |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Bamberger, a habitational surname for someone from Bamberg, in Bavaria.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bamberger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bamberger in Germany and the United States.

## People named Bamberger

- Simon Bamberger, American politician (1846-1926)
- Heinrich von Bamberger, Austrian pathologist (1822–1888)
- Louis Bamberger, American businessman and philanthropist (1855-1944)

## Similar surnames

Bomberger, Bamberg, Benford, Bainbridge, Bonaparte, Binford, Bamford, Bombard, Bembry, Bumpers, Bonebrake.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.