Bromberg Surname

91,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Bromberg Surname Definition:

(German) Dweller on a brown mountain; one who came from Bromberg (brown mountain), in Austria.

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Bromberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0001:120,82012,918
Israel5121:16,7142,508
Germany4801:167,72019,812
Russia2331:618,55454,209
Brazil1661:1,289,60444,167
Canada1511:244,01123,241
France1341:495,69269,430
Argentina941:454,71734,122
England931:599,11935,891
Poland791:481,12348,113
Australia471:574,37741,856
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Denmark231:245,42219,084
Malta181:23,9041,289
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Peru111:2,889,46628,985
Finland111:499,70030,478
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Kyrgyzstan51:1,194,53165,188
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
China21:683,660,78330,601
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:612,42340,920

Bromberg (14) may also be a first name.

Bromberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Dweller on a brown mountain; one who came from Bromberg (brown mountain), in Austria.

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

(from a place name) Bromberg is now Bydgoszcz, a town in Poland.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

(Jewish, Eastern Ashkenazic) Habitational name from Bromberg (from brom (beere), which means 'bramble', and berg, which means 'mountain', 'hill'). The Yiddish or German name of the city of Bydgoszcz in Poland.

- haffman97

Bromberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bromberg (Georgian: ბრომბერგ, Russian: Бромберг) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bromberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bromberg is the 91,701st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,396,349 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Bromberg live; 61 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name world-wide, held by 14 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 3,000 people, or 1 in 120,820. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 22 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 10 percent are found. Beside The United States it occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 9 percent are found.

Bromberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bromberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bromberg surname expanded 3,659 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 930 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bromberg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Bromberg last name are 41.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.82% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bromberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 516.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 119,437 per year; in South Africa they earn 738.2% more than the national average, earning R 1,991,890 per year; in United States they earn 25.99% more than the national average, earning $54,364 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.38% more than the national average, earning $62,291 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bromberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bromberg in the Georgian language
ბრომბერგbromberg-
Bromberg in the Russian language
Бромбергbromberg-

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