Bergman Surname

10,018th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bergman Surname Definition:

(German) Dweller in the mountains.

Bergman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States26,2671:13,7991,716
Sweden14,4881:68047
Netherlands3,5341:4,778488
Canada2,1281:17,3152,477
Finland1,8071:3,042482
South Africa1,7031:31,8134,075
Australia1,0291:26,2353,571
Russia7641:188,64320,991
England4251:131,10112,983
Brazil4151:515,84219,370
Norway3711:13,8611,597
Denmark2931:19,2651,919
Czechia2801:37,9776,265
Poland2311:164,54023,002
New Zealand2051:22,0893,870
Argentina1881:227,35918,636
France1851:359,04253,729
Germany1811:444,78239,627
Venezuela1651:183,0555,199
Bolivia1541:68,9383,218
Thailand921:767,808125,203
Kazakhstan911:194,31318,215
Belgium881:130,64418,923
Croatia861:49,1709,482
Ecuador861:184,9527,637
Indonesia701:1,889,274120,273
Spain701:667,88629,788
Estonia581:22,7904,104
Japan551:2,324,44229,670
Latvia521:39,4246,000
Switzerland461:178,54216,145
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Israel311:276,05324,632
Slovenia281:88,84611,009
Belarus271:351,89137,455
Chile241:734,02016,565
Luxembourg231:25,2414,722
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
Italy211:2,912,22398,106
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
China171:80,430,6804,441
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Greece151:738,65380,079
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Qatar121:196,50026,891
India101:76,706,538639,611
Transnistria101:47,4707,079
Wales101:309,45316,869
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Bulgaria61:1,163,15137,744
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Cook Islands31:6,0601,122
Belize21:177,7373,502
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malta11:430,2723,380
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1061:229,95617,302
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1471:23,3902,929

Bergman (724) may also be a first name.

Bergman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Dweller in the mountains.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Bergman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bergman (Arabic: برغمن, Russian: Бергман) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bergman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bergman is the 10,018th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 129,780 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Bergman live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bergman is also the 306,635th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 724 people.

The last name Bergman is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 26,267 people, or 1 in 13,799. In The United States Bergman is primarily found in: Ohio, where 5 percent are found, Illinois, where 5 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 108 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 26 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.

Bergman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bergman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bergman last name increased 1,223 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 401 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bergman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Bergman last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Bergman surname are 11.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.32% registered with the political party.

The amount Bergman earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.37% less than the national average, earning 320,584 kr per year; in Peru they earn 25.46% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,450 per year; in South Africa they earn 11.37% less than the national average, earning R 210,612 per year; in United States they earn 9.42% more than the national average, earning $47,214 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $54,369 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bergman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bergman in the Russian language
Бергманbergman-
Bergman in the Arabic language
برغمنbrghmn-
برجمانbrjman-
برغمانbrghman-

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