How common is the surname Berlin?

7,503 people in the United States had the surname Berlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,150 Americans. It ranked 4,729th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berlin?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Berlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Berlin?

Irving Berlin, American composer and lyricist (1888–1989), followed by Jeannie Berlin.

Where is the surname Berlin most common?

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

How do you pronounce Berlin?

Berlin is /bɚˈlɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Berlin getting more or less common?

More common. 7,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,503 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Berlin also a first name?

Yes. Berlin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Berlin

A German surname, carried by 7,503 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɚˈlɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex B645 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berlin is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Berlin.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,503 people named Berlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,150 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,259.

#4,729

rank among US surnames

7,503

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,501)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,723	Ault	7,509	41,117
#4,724	Parikh	7,506	41,133
#4,726	Lei	7,504	41,144
#4,729	Berlin	7,503	41,150
#4,730	Diallo	7,502	41,155

Who is named Berlin

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

93% of people named Berlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Berlins

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)
Jeannie Berlin
American actress, born 1949
Lucia Berlin
American writer, 1936–2004
Jeff Berlin
American musician, born 1953
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin
Belarusian Orthodox rabbi (1816–1893)
Brigid Berlin
American actress and artist (1939-2020)
Jobriath
American singer (1946–1983)

Notable Berlins come mostly from the United States (5) and the Russian Empire (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Berlin

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Berlin come from?: Borrowed from German Berlin.
How common is the surname Berlin?: 7,503 people in the United States had the surname Berlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,150 Americans. It ranked 4,729th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berlin?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Berlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Berlin?: Irving Berlin, American composer and lyricist (1888–1989), followed by Jeannie Berlin.
Where is the surname Berlin most common?: Wikidata records people named Berlin in the United States and the Russian Empire.
How do you pronounce Berlin?: Berlin is /bɚˈlɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Berlin getting more or less common?: More common. 7,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,503 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Berlin also a first name?: Yes. Berlin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.