Popularity of the last name by country
Poland
- Wielkopolskie (279)
- Malopolskie (233)
- Dolnoslaskie (140)
- Mazowieckie (107)
- Lodzkie (95)
- Slaskie (66)
- Lubelskie (61)
- Podkarpackie (50)
- Kujawsko Pomorskie (46)
- Pomorskie (18)
- Zachodnio Pomorskie (18)
- Podlaskie (15)
- Opolskie (13)
- Warminsko Mazurskie (9)
- Lubuskie (1)
- Swietokrzyskie (1)
All countries
- France (1,123,651)
- Austria (187,291)
- Germany (107,774)
- Belgium (67,690)
- Switzerland (43,828)
- United States (35,658)
- Netherlands (30,354)
- Hungary (21,838)
- Norway (12,619)
- Sweden (11,971)
- Czech republic (10,477)
- Canada (9,312)
- Romania (5,449)
- Algeria (2,973)
- 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 (336)
- Ukraine (284)
- Guatemala (235)
- 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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