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    The surname Beringer

    A Dutch surname, carried by 2,363 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B652

    Beringer: #12,994 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beringer #12,994, 2,363 people Beringer: #12,994 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beringer #12,994, 2,363 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beringer is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Beringer, German Beringer or French Béringer.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,363 people named Beringer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,658 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,905.

    #12,994
    rank among US surnames
    2,363
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24%
    change since 2000 (was #14,399)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,986Golub2,364130,603
    #12,994Beringer2,363130,658
    #12,999Diggins2,362130,714
    #13,002Jellison2,361130,769

    Who is named Beringer

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

    93% of people named Beringer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Berringer
    • Berrong

    Surnames that sound like Beringer

    Beringer has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beringer come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Beringer, German Beringer or French Béringer.
    How common is the surname Beringer?
    2,363 people in the United States had the surname Beringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,658 Americans. It ranked 12,994th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beringer?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beringer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Beringer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,363 in 2010, up 24%.
    What are other spellings of Beringer?
    Berringer and Berrong.