# Barger (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,324 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,528 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,554 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.1% (14,635 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bargar |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barger 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barger in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Barger

- Sonny Barger, American outlaw biker (1938–2022)
- Amy Barger, American astronomer
- George Barger, British chemist and biochemist (1878–1939)
- Jorn Barger, American blogger

## Similar surnames

Berger, Burger, Borger, Brugger, Bridger, Barker, Burgher, Broussard, Bergeron, Burkhart, Burkhardt, Bricker.

## 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.