How common is the surname Bergen?

6,074 people in the United States had the surname Bergen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,831 Americans. It ranked 5,711th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bergen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bergen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bergen?

Candice Bergen, American actress (born 1946), followed by Polly Bergen.

Where is the surname Bergen most common?

Wikidata records people named Bergen in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Bergen?

Bergen is /ˈbəɹɡən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bergen getting more or less common?

More common. 5,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,074 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Bergen

A Norwegian surname, carried by 6,074 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbəɹɡən/ 2 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bergen is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Norwegian origin

Borrowed from Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”).

One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,074 people named Bergen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,831 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,860.

#5,711

rank among US surnames

6,074

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,459)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,707	Hilbert	6,077	50,806
#5,708	Mayers	6,076	50,814
#5,709	Paschal	6,075	50,822
#5,711	Lavelle	6,074	50,831
#5,713	McClary	6,070	50,864

Who is named Bergen

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

93% of people named Bergen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bergens

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Candice Bergen
American actress (born 1946)
Polly Bergen
American actress (1930-2014)
Edgar Bergen
American actor, radio performer, comedian and ventriloquist (1903-1978)
Frances Bergen
Actress, model (1922-2006)
Erich Bergen
American actor and presenter, born 1985
Bob Bergen
American voice actor, born 1964
Tushka Bergen
American actress, born 1968
Peter Bergen
American journalist, born 1962
Teunis Garret Bergen
American politician (1806-1881)

Notable Bergens come mostly from the United States (8) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bergen

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

Other Norwegian surnames

All 31 Norwegian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bergen come from?: Borrowed from Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”).
How common is the surname Bergen?: 6,074 people in the United States had the surname Bergen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,831 Americans. It ranked 5,711th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bergen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bergen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bergen?: Candice Bergen, American actress (born 1946), followed by Polly Bergen.
Where is the surname Bergen most common?: Wikidata records people named Bergen in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Bergen?: Bergen is /ˈbəɹɡən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bergen getting more or less common?: More common. 5,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,074 in 2010, up 3.7%.