Popularity of the last name by country
Switzerland
- Bern (19,743)
- Neuchâtel (7,785)
- Vaud (3,803)
- Fribourg (3,145)
- Geneva (2,156)
- Valais (1,842)
- Zurich (1,275)
- Basel (648)
- Thurgau (521)
- Jura (353)
- St. Gallen (348)
- Aargau (170)
- Solothurn (167)
- Lucerne (114)
- Glarus (60)
- Grisons (47)
- Ticino (46)
- Schaffhausen (35)
- Zug (24)
- Appenzell (15)
- Schwyz (5)
- Uri (5)
- Unterwalden (1)
All countries
- France (1,123,411)
- Austria (187,290)
- Germany (107,771)
- Belgium (67,724)
- Switzerland (43,829)
- United States (35,657)
- Netherlands (30,354)
- Hungary (21,838)
- Norway (12,619)
- Sweden (11,971)
- Czech republic (10,476)
- Canada (9,308)
- Romania (5,450)
- Algeria (2,988)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (2,790)
- United Kingdom (2,630)
- Italy (1,985)
- Denmark (1,959)
- Luxembourg (1,511)
- Poland (1,480)
- Australia (1,263)
- Russian Federation (1,205)
- Finland (976)
- Latvia (724)
- Brazil (595)
- Unknown country (590)
- New Zealand (529)
- Spain (478)
- Argentina (337)
- Morocco (337)
- Ukraine (284)
- Guatemala (233)
- Tunisia (224)
- Indonesia (219)
- Serbia (172)
- New Caledonia (170)
- Turkey (141)
- Ireland (139)
- Viet Nam (137)
- Martinique (132)
Origine of last name
BERGER : 1: German Dutch Swedish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in the mountains or hills (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Berg">Berg</a>). The surname of German origin is also found in many other European countries e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) Russia Poland Czechia Hungary and Croatia and Slovenia often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic topographic names or surnames. As a Jewish name it is mainly artificial. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bargar">Bargar</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barger">Barger</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barker">Barker</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barrier">Barrier</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barriger">Barriger</a>.2: French: occupational name from Old French bergier ‘shepherd’ (from Late Latin berbicarius from berbex ‘ram’). It is also found in England as a surname of Huguenot origin. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Shepard">Shepard</a>.3: Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farms so named with the plural of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Berg">Berg</a> ‘mountain’.4: French Canadian: shortened form of German Nürnberger (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nurnberger">Nurnberger</a>).
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