# Berger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/berger/  
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) | 43,851 |
| US rank (2010) | 785 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,041 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (43,556 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berger 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berger in Austria, the United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Brazil and Cisleithania.

## People named Berger

- Gerhard Berger, Austrian former Formula One racing driver
- Peter L. Berger, American sociologist (1929–2017)
- Helmut Berger, Austrian actor (1944–2023)
- Senta Berger, Austrian actress
- Edward Berger, Austrian and Swiss filmmaker (born 1970)
- Samuel Berger, American boxer (1884–1925)
- Isaac Berger, American weightlifter (1936–2022)
- Alfred Berger, Austrian figure skater (1894–1966)
- Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (1918–1967)
- William Berger, Austrian actor (1928–1993)
- Thomas Louis Berger, American novelist (1924–2014)
- Johann Berger, Austrian chess player (1845–1933)

and 23 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Burger, Barger, Borger, Brugger, Bridger, Boerger, Buerger, Bergeron, Beauregard, Berggren, Bergren, Bergerson.

## 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.