How common is the surname Berland?

605 people in the United States had the surname Berland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. It ranked 36,900th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berland?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Berland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Berland?

Robert Berland, American Olympic judoka.

Where is the surname Berland most common?

Wikidata records people named Berland in the United States.

Is the surname Berland getting more or less common?

Less common. 661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 605 in 2010, down 8.5%.

The surname Berland

A Norse surname, carried by 605 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B645

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berland is more common than 77.3% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* As a French surname, of Germanic origin, composed of *berō (“bear”) + *land. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farms in Norway, from Old Norse bjarg (“mountain”) or ber (“berry”) + land. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Brillant, from Yiddish בריליאַנט (brilyant, “jewel, diamond”), itself from French brillant (“shining”). Compare Brilliant.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 605 people named Berland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. That is down 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 661.

#36,900

rank among US surnames

605

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-8.5%

change since 2000 (was #32,743)

Who is named Berland

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

92% of people named Berland identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

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 Berlands

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Berland
American Olympic judoka, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Berland

Berland has the Soundex code B645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B645.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Berland come from?: * As a French surname, of Germanic origin, composed of *berō (“bear”) + *land. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farms in Norway, from Old Norse bjarg (“mountain”) or ber (“berry”) + land. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Brillant, from Yiddish בריליאַנט (brilyant, “jewel, diamond”), itself…
How common is the surname Berland?: 605 people in the United States had the surname Berland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. It ranked 36,900th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berland?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Berland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Berland?: Robert Berland, American Olympic judoka.
Where is the surname Berland most common?: Wikidata records people named Berland in the United States.
Is the surname Berland getting more or less common?: Less common. 661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 605 in 2010, down 8.5%.