The Bergamo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 527 people carried this name — #41,303 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 531 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bergamo surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bergamo» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 301 people named Bergamo 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 mapWhere they live today
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 155 people named Bergamo.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
60 people named Bergamo live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Bergamo 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 Limburg.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bergamo.
- Beres 2,876 · U.S. census
- Beretta 463 · U.S. census
- Berg 48,746 · U.S. census
- Berga 167 · U.S. census
- Bergamasco 197 · U.S. census
- Bergamini 429 · U.S. census
- Bergara 345 · U.S. census
- Bergdoll 471 · U.S. census
- Berge 3,444 · U.S. census
- Bergel 195 · U.S. census
- Bergeon 269 · U.S. census
- Berger 43,851 · U.S. census
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