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    The surname Berger

    A surname, carried by 43,851 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B626

    Berger: #785 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Berger #785, 43,851 people Berger: #785 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berger #785, 43,851 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berger is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 43,851 people named Berger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,041 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 43,556.

    #785
    rank among US surnames
    43,851
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #716)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #776Whitehead44,3736,958
    #777Pruitt44,3656,959
    #778Kent44,3256,965
    #779Conway44,3206,966
    #780McKee44,1376,995
    #781Barr44,1306,996
    #782David44,0407,011

    Who is named Berger

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

    92% of people named Berger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bergers

    35 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gerhard Berger
      Austrian former Formula One racing driver, born 1959
    • Peter L. Berger
      American sociologist (1929–2017)
    • Helmut Berger
      Austrian actor (1944–2023)
    • Senta Berger
      Austrian actress, born 1941
    • 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)

    Notable Bergers come mostly from Austria (15), the United States (15) and Switzerland (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Berger

    Berger has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berger?
    43,851 people in the United States had the surname Berger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,041 Americans. It ranked 785th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berger?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Berger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Berger?
    Gerhard Berger, Austrian former Formula One racing driver, followed by Peter L. Berger.
    Where is the surname Berger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Berger in Austria, the United States and Switzerland and 3 other countries.
    Is the surname Berger getting more or less common?
    More common. 43,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,851 in 2010, up 0.7%.