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    The surname Berber

    A surname, carried by 1,451 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B616

    Berber: #18,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Berber #18,849, 1,451 people Berber: #18,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berber #18,849, 1,451 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berber is more common than 88.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,451 people named Berber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,237.

    #18,849
    rank among US surnames
    1,451
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,055)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,841Tabron1,452212,635
    #18,849Berber1,451212,781
    #18,858Zagorski1,450212,928

    Who is named Berber

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    86% of people named Berber identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Berber

    Berber has the Soundex code B616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B616.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berber?
    1,451 people in the United States had the surname Berber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. It ranked 18,849th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berber?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Berber identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Berber getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,451 in 2010, up 17%.