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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) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Bergén. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 24,476^th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 330,007 people. It 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. It is also the 249,584^th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,033 people.

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

Bergen Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Bergen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 357 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 28 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bergen Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bergen last name is primarily 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 Bergen are 17.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.91% 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.