How common is the surname Berge?

3,444 people in the United States had the surname Berge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. It ranked 9,446th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berge?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Berge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Berge?

Abraham Berge, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (1851–1936), followed by Guttorm Berge.

Where is the surname Berge most common?

Wikidata records people named Berge in Norway.

Is the surname Berge getting more or less common?

More common. 3,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,444 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Berge

A surname, carried by 3,444 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berge is more common than 94.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,444 people named Berge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,344.

#9,446

rank among US surnames

3,444

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #8,991)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726

Who is named Berge

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

93% of people named Berge identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Berges

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Abraham Berge
15th Prime Minister of Norway (1851–1936)
Guttorm Berge
Alpine skier (1929–2004)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Berge

Berge has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

How common is the surname Berge?: 3,444 people in the United States had the surname Berge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. It ranked 9,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berge?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Berge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Berge?: Abraham Berge, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (1851–1936), followed by Guttorm Berge.
Where is the surname Berge most common?: Wikidata records people named Berge in Norway.
Is the surname Berge getting more or less common?: More common. 3,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,444 in 2010, up 3.0%.