Berlin Surname
Approximately 24,695 people bear this surname
Berlin Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Berlin (uncultivated field), in Germany; descendant of Ber or Berl (bear).
Berlin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,733 | 1:30,892 | 3,844 |
| Germany | 4,642 | 1:17,343 | 2,280 |
| Sweden | 1,636 | 1:6,019 | 562 |
| Indonesia | 866 | 1:152,713 | 14,976 |
| Russia | 819 | 1:175,974 | 19,827 |
| France | 762 | 1:87,169 | 12,450 |
| Mexico | 539 | 1:230,290 | 5,874 |
| Canada | 472 | 1:78,063 | 8,764 |
| Philippines | 456 | 1:222,014 | 34,290 |
| Australia | 346 | 1:78,022 | 9,105 |
| England | 218 | 1:255,587 | 20,554 |
| Brazil | 162 | 1:1,321,446 | 45,095 |
| Finland | 148 | 1:37,140 | 4,776 |
| South Africa | 141 | 1:384,239 | 34,295 |
| Argentina | 140 | 1:305,310 | 24,356 |
| Poland | 124 | 1:306,522 | 36,280 |
| Belarus | 121 | 1:78,521 | 12,586 |
| India | 118 | 1:6,500,554 | 147,901 |
| Latvia | 109 | 1:18,808 | 2,825 |
| Spain | 100 | 1:467,520 | 24,100 |
| Denmark | 97 | 1:58,193 | 5,922 |
| Jamaica | 77 | 1:37,272 | 2,513 |
| Italy | 75 | 1:815,423 | 64,079 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Kazakhstan | 52 | 1:340,048 | 27,669 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Israel | 38 | 1:225,201 | 21,188 |
| Norway | 37 | 1:138,981 | 17,684 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Lithuania | 33 | 1:91,957 | 12,711 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,072 | 1:46,846 | 5,379 |
The alternate forms: Berlín (25) & Berlìn (1) are calculated separately.
Berlin (17,612) may also be a first name.
Berlin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Berlin (uncultivated field), in Germany; descendant of Ber or Berl (bear).
Berlin Demographics
Average Berlin Salary in
United States
$50,153 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Berlin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berlin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Berlin (Arabic: برلين, Georgian: ბერლინ, Marathi: बेरलीन, Oriya: େବରଲିମ, Russian: Берлин) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Berlín or Berlìn. Click here to see other potential spellings of Berlin.
How Common Is The Last Name Berlin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 22,019th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 295,102 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Berlin are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 41,467th most numerous given name on earth It is held by 17,612 people.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 11,733 people, or 1 in 30,892. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 115 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Sweden, where 7 percent are found.
Berlin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Berlin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Berlin last name rose 1,094 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,038 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 280 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Berlin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (60%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (83%) in Belarus and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Berlin are 5.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.46% registered with the political party.
The amount Berlin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.05% more than the national average, earning 398,164 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 49.59% less than the national average, earning R 119,784 per year; in United States they earn 16.23% more than the national average, earning $50,153 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.66% more than the national average, earning $59,451 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Berlin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin in the Georgian language | ||
| ბერლინ | berlin | - |
| Berlin in the Marathi language | ||
| बेरलीन | beralina | 66.67 |
| बेलीन | belina | 33.33 |
| Berlin in the Oriya language | ||
| େବରଲିମ | ebaralima | 50 |
| େବରଲିନ | ebaralina | 50 |
| Berlin in the Russian language | ||
| Берлин | berlin | - |
| Berlin in the Arabic language | ||
| برلين | brlyn | - |
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