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    The surname Bergey

    A surname, carried by 1,559 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Bergey: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bergey #17,927, 1,559 people Bergey: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bergey #17,927, 1,559 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bergey is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,559 people named Bergey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,458.

    #17,927
    rank among US surnames
    1,559
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,719)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,921Pop1,560197,914
    #17,927Mayton1,559198,041

    Who is named Bergey

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

    96% of people named Bergey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bergeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Hendricks Bergey
      American bacteriologist (1860-1937)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bergey

    Bergey 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 Bergey?
    1,559 people in the United States had the surname Bergey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. It ranked 17,927th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bergey?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bergey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bergey?
    David Hendricks Bergey, American bacteriologist (1860-1937).
    Where is the surname Bergey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bergey in the United States.
    Is the surname Bergey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,559 in 2010, up 6.9%.