# Berman (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,025 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,271 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,266 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.6% (17,346 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berman 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berman in the United States.

## People named Berman

- Shelley Berman, American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017)
- Rick Berman, American television producer and screenwriter
- Marshall Berman, American philosopher (1940-2013)
- David Berman, American actor
- Julie Marie Berman, American actress
- David Berman, American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist (1967–2019)
- Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (1905-1996)
- Harold J. Berman, American legal scholar (1918-2007)
- Andy Berman, American actor
- Paul Berman, American political commentator
- Helen M. Berman, American chemist
- Francine Berman, American computer scientist

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Berryman, Berumen, Bierman, Burman, Borman, Braman, Bormann, Biermann, Beerman, Broman, Behrman, Bowerman.

## 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.