Berghs Surname

437,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 785 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Berghs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berghs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3581:32,1145,204
Netherlands2161:78,18113,193
Germany1371:587,63147,553
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England51:11,143,612252,590
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
France11:66,422,722504,397
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Berghs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Berghs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Berghs is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berghs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 437,080th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,283,498 people. Berghs occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Berghs live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 32,114. In Belgium Berghs is most common in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 28 percent reside and Germany, where 17 percent reside.

Berghs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Berghs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Berghs last name expanded 5,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Berghs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Berghs surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.

Berghs earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.64% more than the national average, earning $44,289 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beurghs9222/
Beringhs86121/
Berghsse861/
Borghs83682/
Bergkh838/
Barghs834/
Berghd833/
Bergsø832/
Verghs830/
Berght830/
Barghsh77184/
Bergsås7721/
Bergees772/
Bergd739/
Bergeest71285/
Bergehed7145/
Berghová712/
Borgsø6776/
Birght676/
Bergøe672/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Berghs
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