The Berge surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,344 people carried this name — #8,991 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,514 people named Berge.
84 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 93 départements, most often Ariège.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 86 people named Berge 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 Flemish Brabant.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Berge live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Berge in American newspapers,
1878–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 102,835 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Berge,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gerhard ten Berge 1615–1682 · politician -
François Berge 1779–1832 · military personnel -
Henry Boernstein 1805–1892 · actor -
Adolf Berzhe 1828–1886 · orientalist -
Henry Berge 1828–1926 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 247 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berge.
- 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
- Bergel 212 · U.S. census
- Bergeon 264 · U.S. census
- Berger 43,556 · U.S. census
- Bergere 132 · U.S. census
- Bergeron 19,655 · U.S. census
- Berges 726 · U.S. census
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