Popularity of the last name by country
United States
- California (4,291)
- Pennsylvania (4,244)
- New York (4,013)
- Illinois (2,299)
- Maryland (1,835)
- Ohio (1,835)
- Missouri (1,777)
- Wisconsin (1,455)
- Colorado (1,302)
- Michigan (1,211)
- Indiana (1,076)
- Virginia (1,058)
- New Jersey (1,022)
- Minnesota (784)
- Iowa (774)
- Massachusetts (710)
- North Dakota (600)
- Kansas (572)
- Nebraska (571)
- Washington (480)
- Texas (470)
- Connecticut (410)
- Louisiana (375)
- West Virginia (317)
- Montana (316)
- North Carolina (313)
- Florida (293)
- Utah (280)
- Kentucky (207)
- Oregon (183)
- Arizona (157)
- Maine (156)
- Idaho (152)
- Hawaii (151)
- Oklahoma (136)
- Tennessee (136)
- Arkansas (120)
- New Mexico (120)
- South Dakota (106)
- Vermont (94)
- Rhode Island (90)
- Mississippi (72)
- Georgia (67)
- South Carolina (67)
- Nevada (65)
- Alabama (61)
- Wyoming (60)
- New Hampshire (57)
- Alaska (51)
- Delaware (25)
All countries
- France (1,107,043)
- Austria (187,295)
- Germany (108,026)
- Belgium (68,379)
- Switzerland (43,827)
- United States (35,904)
- Netherlands (30,400)
- Hungary (21,850)
- Norway (12,625)
- Sweden (11,998)
- Canada (9,340)
- Romania (5,466)
- Algeria (2,993)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (2,790)
- United Kingdom (2,643)
- Italy (1,988)
- Denmark (1,959)
- Poland (1,596)
- Luxembourg (1,509)
- Czech republic (1,348)
- Australia (1,275)
- Russian Federation (1,255)
- Finland (972)
- Latvia (725)
- Brazil (613)
- Unknown country (590)
- New Zealand (543)
- Spain (479)
- Morocco (339)
- Argentina (335)
- Ukraine (292)
- Guatemala (243)
- Tunisia (227)
- Indonesia (219)
- Serbia (172)
- New Caledonia (170)
- Viet Nam (146)
- Turkey (141)
- Ireland (138)
- Chile (136)
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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