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Where Does The Last Name Bergen Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Bergen (Arabic: بريغن, Georgian: ბერგენ, Russian: Берген) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Bergén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bergen? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 24,476^th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 330,007 people. The last name Bergen is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Bergen are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bergen is also the 249,584^th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 1,033 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 8,385 people, or 1 in 43,227. In The United States Bergen is most common in: New Jersey, where 7 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 75 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 24 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.

Bergen Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Bergen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 357 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 28 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bergen Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (94%) in Ireland, Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (83%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Bergen last name are 17.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.91% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bergen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 8.54% more than the national average, earning 375,628 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 29.44% less than the national average, earning R 167,688 per year; in United States they earn 12.64% more than the national average, earning $48,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.71% less than the national average, earning $45,357 CAD per year.