Berga surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Berga surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 167 people carried this name — #106,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 9% from 183 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 309 people named Berga 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 99
Santa Fe 77
Córdoba 51
San Luis 47
La Pampa 13
City of Buenos Aires 12
Salta 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Berga.

22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Pyrénées-Orientales 20
Essonne 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Hérault 3
Haute-Garonne 2
Loire 2
Paris 2
Lozère 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Berga is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Berga in American newspapers,
1905–1914.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Berga
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1914-03-27
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Berga
Der Nordstern 1905-06-29
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Berga
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1914-03-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,658 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Berga,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonio Berga
    Antonio Berga 1535–1580 · physician
  • Josep Berga i Boix
    Josep Berga i Boix 1837–1914 · writer
  • Josep Berga i Boada
    Josep Berga i Boada 1872–1923 · painter
  • Marià Berga i Valart 1802–1867
  • Marcel Berga 1949–
  • Miquel Berga 1952– · professor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Berga is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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