How common is the surname Berkowitz?

7,000 people in the United States had the surname Berkowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,107 Americans. It ranked 5,018th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berkowitz?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Berkowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Berkowitz?

David Berkowitz, American serial killer, followed by Leonard Berkowitz.

Where is the surname Berkowitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Berkowitz in the United States.

Is the surname Berkowitz getting more or less common?

More common. 6,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,000 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Berkowitz

A Polish surname, carried by 7,000 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berkowitz is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Germanized spelling of Polish Berkowicz, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,000 people named Berkowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,107 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,865.

#5,018

rank among US surnames

7,000

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #4,725)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,009	Carrasquillo	7,015	44,012
#5,010	Varghese	7,013	44,025
#5,011	McBee	7,011	44,037
#5,012	Fried	7,010	44,044
#5,013	Macon	7,008	44,056
#5,014	Durden	7,007	44,062
#5,015	Ostrowski	7,005	44,075

Who is named Berkowitz

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

97% of people named Berkowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Berkowitzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Berkowitz
American serial killer, born 1953
Leonard Berkowitz
American psychologist (1926–2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Berkovich

Berkowitz has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Berkowitz come from?: Germanized spelling of Polish Berkowicz, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
How common is the surname Berkowitz?: 7,000 people in the United States had the surname Berkowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,107 Americans. It ranked 5,018th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berkowitz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Berkowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Berkowitz?: David Berkowitz, American serial killer, followed by Leonard Berkowitz.
Where is the surname Berkowitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Berkowitz in the United States.
Is the surname Berkowitz getting more or less common?: More common. 6,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,000 in 2010, up 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Berkowitz?: Berkovich.