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    The surname Berman

    A surname, carried by 16,025 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Berman: #2,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Berman #2,271, 16,025 people Berman: #2,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berman #2,271, 16,025 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berman is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,025 people named Berman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,266 Americans. That is down 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,346.

    #2,271
    rank among US surnames
    16,025
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,901)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,262Shook16,07019,213
    #2,263Deluca16,06619,217
    #2,265Lyles16,06219,222
    #2,266Dias16,04419,244
    #2,268McNally16,03919,250
    #2,269Schreiber16,03419,256
    #2,270Earl16,02719,264

    Who is named Berman

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

    94% of people named Berman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bermans

    16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shelley Berman
      American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017)
    • Rick Berman
      American television producer and screenwriter, born 1945
    • Marshall Berman
      American philosopher (1940-2013)
    • David Berman
      American actor, born 1973
    • Julie Marie Berman
      American actress, born 1983
    • 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, born 1968
    • Paul Berman
      American political commentator, born 1949
    • Helen M. Berman
      American chemist, born 1943
    • Francine Berman
      American computer scientist, born 1951

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Berman

    Berman has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berman?
    16,025 people in the United States had the surname Berman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,266 Americans. It ranked 2,271st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Berman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Berman?
    Shelley Berman, American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017), followed by Rick Berman.
    Where is the surname Berman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Berman in the United States.
    Is the surname Berman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 17,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,025 in 2010, down 7.6%.