# Bergmann (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bergmann/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,988 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,761 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,898 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (4,863 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Bergmann.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bergmann 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bergmann in the United States, Austria and Brazil.

## People named Bergmann

- Richard Bergmann, Austrian table tennis player (1919–1970)
- Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher (1906-1987)
- Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, Brazilian astrophysicist
- Barbara Bergmann, American feminist economist (1927-2015)
- Carl Bergmann, American conductor (1821–1876)

## Similar surnames

Bergman, Brigman, Borgman, Berkman, Brockmann, Borgmann, Bregman, Brogan, Bergen, Bergin, Bruggeman, Burgan.

## 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.