Bergmann Surname

6,411th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88,071 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bergmann Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Miner; Mountaineer [see under Berg, and + mann]

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Bergmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany63,0461:1,27790
United States7,3541:49,2875,974
Brazil4,9701:43,0731,733
Austria2,4821:3,431336
Israel2,0711:4,132590
Denmark1,4651:3,853342
France8011:82,92511,775
Switzerland7471:10,9951,804
Canada6401:57,5716,801
Norway6061:8,486897
Australia4091:66,0047,876
Estonia3301:4,005353
Hungary3231:30,3913,319
Netherlands2741:61,63210,604
Poland2741:138,71820,079
Czechia2611:40,7416,750
Iceland2171:1,752289
South Africa2071:261,72826,279
Argentina1951:219,19718,043
England1771:314,79123,605
Belgium1501:76,64412,128
Sweden1381:71,3535,384
Paraguay1131:64,0421,727
Chile1021:172,7115,686
Spain821:570,14727,179
Russia751:1,921,641121,498
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Ecuador661:240,9988,378
Italy611:1,002,56969,817
Thailand581:1,217,902177,118
Finland471:116,95111,447
Luxembourg391:14,8863,396
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Uruguay351:98,0509,677
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
Ireland161:294,30910,207
China111:124,301,9616,553
Greece81:1,384,97486,362
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Malta41:107,5681,849
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8151:61,6186,760

Bergmann (40) may also be a first name.

Bergmann Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Miner; Mountaineer [see under Berg, and + mann]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) Dweller in the mountains.

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

User-submitted Reference

Bergman is a name of German origin prevalent in all German speaking nations and most of the Western world. The name consists of two german names "berg" meaning "mountain" and "man" meaning the same as in english.

- mawk93

It means 'mountain man' as well as 'miner' in both the German and Swedish languages.

- bergmannf

Bergmann Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bergmann (Russian: Бергманн) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bergmann.

How Common Is The Last Name Bergmann? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,411th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 82,746 people. The last name Bergmann occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Bergmann reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Bergmann is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 40 people.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 63,046 people, or 1 in 1,277. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live and Bavaria, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in 87 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Bergmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bergmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bergmann surname rose 902 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 885 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 1,600 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bergmann Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bergmann surname is chiefly Congregationalist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Bergmann are 12.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.57% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bergmann earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.24% more than the national average, earning 346,916 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 82.52% more than the national average, earning R 433,740 per year; in United States they earn 16.64% more than the national average, earning $50,328 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $51,554 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bergmann Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bergmann in the Russian language
Бергманнbergmann-

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