# Berlin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/berlin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,503 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,729 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (7,259 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɚˈlɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Berlin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berlin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berlin in the United States and the Russian Empire.

## People named Berlin

- Irving Berlin, American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)
- Jeannie Berlin, American actress
- Lucia Berlin, American writer
- Jeff Berlin, American musician
- Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, Belarusian Orthodox rabbi (1816–1893)
- Brigid Berlin, American actress and artist (1939-2020)
- Jobriath, American singer (1946–1983)

## Similar surnames

Berlanga, Burling, Berliner, Berland, Breland, Borland, Burlingame, Bourland, Burlingham.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.