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
The last name Berga (Arabic: بيرجا, Oriya: େବଗର୍ା, Russian: Берга) is most common in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Berga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 58,870th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 849,959 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Berga are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 28,032nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 29,802 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,668 people, or 1 in 20,897. Not including Ethiopia it is found in 52 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 14 percent are found and Latvia, where 14 percent are found.
Berga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Berga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Berga surname grew 563 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Berga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Berga are 34.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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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Footnotes
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