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

The Berges surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 762 people carried this name — #30,600 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 726 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,761 people named Berges.

59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 59
Haute-Garonne 456
Gers 196
Landes 154
Gironde 152
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 150
Pyrénées-Orientales 123
Paris 58
Ariège 45

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 616 people named Berges 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 442
La Pampa 92
City of Buenos Aires 82

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 32 people named Berges 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 17
Flemish Brabant 9
Liège 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Berges live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 10
Thurgau 5
Valais 5
Zurich 5
Zug 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Berges,
with a public archive behind them.

  • José Berges
    José Berges 1820–1868 · diplomat
  • Francisco Berges 1668–1702 · composer
  • Heinrich Berges 1805–1852 · sculptor
  • Sophia Knopf 1863–1942
  • Grete Berges 1895–1957 · writer
  • Consuelo Berges 1899–1988 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Berges.

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