Berga Surname
Approximately 8,574 people bear this surname
Berga Surname User-submission:
Berga, as a Catalan surname and toponym, have a pre-Roman origin, maybe from the ancient ligur. It means 'high'. There is a town in central Catalonia bearing this name.
Berga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,668 | 1:20,897 | 2,688 |
| Spain | 1,204 | 1:38,831 | 3,803 |
| Latvia | 1,204 | 1:1,703 | 170 |
| Argentina | 432 | 1:98,943 | 8,347 |
| United States | 214 | 1:1,693,733 | 112,431 |
| Algeria | 173 | 1:223,304 | 25,336 |
| Netherlands | 165 | 1:102,347 | 16,582 |
| France | 97 | 1:684,770 | 87,242 |
| Brazil | 95 | 1:2,253,414 | 69,998 |
| Italy | 59 | 1:1,036,554 | 70,719 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Serbia | 21 | 1:340,236 | 16,447 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
Berga (29,802) may also be a first name.
Berga Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Berga, as a Catalan surname and toponym, have a pre-Roman origin, maybe from the ancient ligur. It means 'high'. There is a town in central Catalonia bearing this name.
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Average Male Berga Height
175.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Berga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Berga (Arabic: بيرجا, Oriya: େବଗର୍ା, Russian: Берга) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Berga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Berga is the 58,870th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 849,959 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Berga reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Berga is also the 28,032nd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 29,802 people.
It is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,668 people, or 1 in 20,897. Beside Ethiopia this last name is found in 52 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 14 percent live and Latvia, where 14 percent live.
Berga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Berga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Berga last name rose 563 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Berga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Berga surname are 34.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.4% registered with the political party.
The amount Berga earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 232.54% more than the national average, earning R 790,248 per year; in United States they earn 3.57% less than the national average, earning $41,610 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.54% less than the national average, earning $48,920 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Berga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berga in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଗର୍ା | ebagara | 88.16 |
| େବରଗା | ebaraga | 7.89 |
| ସେରନ | serana | 1.32 |
| ବାେଗ | baega | 1.32 |
| Berga in the Russian language | ||
| Берга | berga | - |
| Berga in the Arabic language | ||
| بيرجا | byrja | - |
| برغا | brgha | - |
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