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    The surname Berkman

    A surname, carried by 1,664 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Berkman: #17,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Berkman #17,063, 1,664 people Berkman: #17,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berkman #17,063, 1,664 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berkman is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,664 people named Berkman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

    #17,063
    rank among US surnames
    1,664
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,334)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,056Stem1,665185,433
    #17,063Lasko1,664185,544
    #17,072Flinchum1,663185,656

    Who is named Berkman

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

    94% of people named Berkman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Berkmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lance Berkman
      Baseball player from the United States, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Berkman

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berkman?
    1,664 people in the United States had the surname Berkman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. It ranked 17,063rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berkman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Berkman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Berkman?
    Lance Berkman, baseball player from the United States.
    Where is the surname Berkman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Berkman in the United States.
    Is the surname Berkman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,664 in 2010, up 11%.