# Berryman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/berryman/  
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 Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,517 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,073 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (7,412 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Berriman |

## Etymology

Habitational surname, from Old English byrg, dative of burg (“stronghold, fortress”) + man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berryman 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berryman in the United States and Australia.

## People named Berryman

- John Berryman, American poet and scholar (1914–1972)
- Michael Berryman, American actor
- Frank Berryman, Australian Army officer
- Clifford K. Berryman, American cartoonist (1869–1949)

## Similar surnames

Berman, Berumen, Bierman, Burman, Borman, Braman, Biermann, Beerman, Broman, Behrman, Bowerman, Brennan.

## 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.