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    The surname Bergan

    A surname, carried by 1,992 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Bergan: #14,866 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bergan #14,866, 1,992 people Bergan: #14,866 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bergan #14,866, 1,992 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bergan is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,992 people named Bergan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,993 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,987.

    #14,866
    rank among US surnames
    1,992
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,925)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,862Werts1,993154,915
    #14,866Atlas1,992154,993
    #14,870Alvord1,991155,071

    Who is named Bergan

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

    90% of people named Bergan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bergan

    Bergan has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bergan?
    1,992 people in the United States had the surname Bergan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,993 Americans. It ranked 14,866th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bergan?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bergan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bergan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,992 in 2010, up 0.3%.