# Berwick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/berwick/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,543 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,068 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 200,094 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (1,548 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɝ.wɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

For places in England and Scotland (e.g. North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from -wick. Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed. The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berwick 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berwick in Australia.

## People named Berwick

- Sebastian Berwick, Australian cyclist

## Similar surnames

Barwick, Barrick, Brickey, Brick, Brooks, Burke, Bowers, Brock, Briggs, Bruce, Berg, Burch.

## 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.