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    The surname Bjorge

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 542 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B262

    Bjorge: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bjorge #40,371, 542 people Bjorge: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bjorge #40,371, 542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bjorge is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Borrowed from Norwegian Bjørge. Further from Proto-Germanic *bergō, from *berganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (whence also borrow, bury).

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 542 people named Bjorge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 503.

    #40,371
    rank among US surnames
    542
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #40,908)

    Who is named Bjorge

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

    95% of people named Bjorge identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bjorge

    Bjorge has the Soundex code B262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B262.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bjorge come from?
    Borrowed from Norwegian Bjørge. Further from Proto-Germanic *bergō, from *berganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (whence also borrow, bury).
    How common is the surname Bjorge?
    542 people in the United States had the surname Bjorge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. It ranked 40,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bjorge?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bjorge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Bjorge getting more or less common?
    More common. 503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 542 in 2010, up 7.8%.