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

Bergen (Arabic: بريغن, Georgian: ბერგენ, Russian: Берген) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Bergén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 24,476^th most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 330,007 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Bergen reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Bergen is also the 249,584^th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 1,033 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,385 people, or 1 in 43,227. In The United States it is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 7 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Other than The United States Bergen 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 frequency of Bergen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bergen last name grew 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 adherence of those holding the Bergen last name is principally 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 bearing the Bergen surname are 17.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.91% being registered with 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.