Last Name BERGER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning A shepherd. Bercaria or Berceria, a sheep-pen, or sheep-fold.
Origin English, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Irish, Slovakian, Croatian, Falkland, Haitian, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank 716 (2000 US census) 881 (1990 US census)
Count 43,556 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.9%, or 40899 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.39%, or 1041 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.49%, or 213 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.35%, or 152 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.18%, or 514 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.69%, or 736 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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