The Berg surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 48,480 people carried this name — #637 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,560 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
1,134 people named Berg have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,416 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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 788 people named Berg.
100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
479 people named Berg live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 132 people named Berg live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Berg,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frants Berg 1504–1591 · bishop -
Johan Bergenhielm 1629–1704 · diplomat -
Peter Wilhelm Berg 1773–1854 · businessperson -
Carl Fredrik Berg 1779–1841 · actor -
Fredrik Nikolas Berg 1802–1884 · translator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 185 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berg.
- Berdugo 359 · U.S. census
- Berenger 157 · U.S. census
- Berenguer 440 · U.S. census
- Berens 3,178 · U.S. census
- Beres 2,540 · U.S. census
- Beretta 473 · U.S. census
- Berga 183 · U.S. census
- Bergamasco 197 · U.S. census
- Bergamini 392 · U.S. census
- Bergamo 531 · U.S. census
- Bergara 307 · U.S. census
- Bergdoll 433 · U.S. census
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