# Bergeron (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bergeron/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,073 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,786 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,381 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (19,655 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Bergeron.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bergeron 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bergeron in the United States.

## People named Bergeron

- Tom Bergeron, American television personality, game show host, television host, comedian and actor
- Marian Bergeron, American beauty pageant contestant and singer (1918-2002)

## Similar surnames

Berger, Berggren, Bergren, Boerger, Buerger, Bergerson, Barker, Broussard, Burger, Burkhart, Barger, Burkhardt.

## 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.