Bamberger Surname

61,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Bamberger Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Bamberg (Bab's hill), in Bavaria.

Bamberger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,4581:23,2813,088
United States2,0321:178,37517,865
Austria6891:12,3591,743
Israel4111:20,8213,100
France3661:181,48328,268
South Africa2941:184,27820,137
England2761:201,87717,601
Switzerland1561:52,6476,881
Peru1061:299,85011,281
Australia691:391,24231,907
Canada611:604,02649,778
Hungary391:251,69920,039
Denmark351:161,27813,908
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
Poland181:2,111,597101,748
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5191:96,7609,842

Bamberger (10) may also be a first name.

Bamberger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Bamberg (Bab's hill), in Bavaria.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) From Bamberg, a town in Bavaria.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Bamberger Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bamberger Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bamberger (Russian: Бамбергер) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bamberger.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamberger? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bamberger is the 61,370th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 889,267 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Bamberger reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Bamberger is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 3,458 people, or 1 in 23,281. In Germany Bamberger is most numerous in: Hesse, where 23 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live and Austria, where 8 percent live.

Bamberger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bamberger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bamberger surname increased 392 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 575 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bamberger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bamberger last name are 36.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.16% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bamberger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 21.17% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,282 per year; in South Africa they earn 130.07% more than the national average, earning R 546,732 per year; in United States they earn 11.08% more than the national average, earning $47,932 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $50,000 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bamberger Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bamberger in the Russian language
Бамбергерbamberger-

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