The Ber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 421 people carried this name — #49,824 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 26% from 333 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
284 people named Ber have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 373 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Ber.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 90 people named Ber live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Ber 1948– · writer -
Claude Ber 1948– · writer -
Claude Ber 1948– · writer -
Kalman Ber 1957– · rabbi -
Israel Ber 1660–1732 · rabbi
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Théodore Ber 1820–1900 · archaeologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ber.
- Bentzinger 259 · U.S. census
- Benveniste 310 · U.S. census
- Benvenuti 633 · U.S. census
- Benvenuto 1,142 · U.S. census
- Benz 5,691 · U.S. census
- Benzaquen 194 · U.S. census
- Bera 1,034 · U.S. census
- Berard 3,582 · U.S. census
- Berardi 3,354 · U.S. census
- Berardo 347 · U.S. census
- Beras 271 · U.S. census
- Beraud 173 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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