How common is the surname Bergmann?

4,988 people in the United States had the surname Bergmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,898 Americans. It ranked 6,761st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bergmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bergmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bergmann?

Richard Bergmann, Austrian table tennis player (1919–1970), followed by Gustav Bergmann.

Where is the surname Bergmann most common?

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

Is the surname Bergmann getting more or less common?

More common. 4,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,988 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Bergmann

A German surname, carried by 4,988 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bergmann is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Bergmann.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,988 people named Bergmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,898 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,863.

#6,761

rank among US surnames

4,988

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,439)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,754	Zhong	4,991	61,860
#6,755	Boley	4,990	61,873
#6,757	Gott	4,989	61,885
#6,761	Zendejas	4,988	61,898
#6,763	Cate	4,987	61,910

Who is named Bergmann

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

95% of people named Bergmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bergmanns

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Bergmann
Austrian table tennis player (1919–1970)
Gustav Bergmann
Austrian-American philosopher (1906-1987)
Thaisa Storchi Bergmann
Brazilian astrophysicist, born 1955
Barbara Bergmann
American feminist economist (1927-2015)
Carl Bergmann
American conductor (1821–1876)

Notable Bergmanns come mostly from the United States (3), Austria (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bergmann

Bergmann has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bergmann come from?: Borrowed from German Bergmann.
How common is the surname Bergmann?: 4,988 people in the United States had the surname Bergmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,898 Americans. It ranked 6,761st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bergmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bergmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bergmann?: Richard Bergmann, Austrian table tennis player (1919–1970), followed by Gustav Bergmann.
Where is the surname Bergmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Bergmann in the United States, Austria and Brazil.
Is the surname Bergmann getting more or less common?: More common. 4,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,988 in 2010, up 2.6%.