Explore the Family Name Bergerson

The meaning of Bergerson

1. Americanized form of Norwegian Bergersen: patronymic from a personal name, Berger, a variant of Birger ‘one who saves, protects, or helps’. Compare Bergeson. 2. Americanized form of Swedish Birgersson, a cognate of 1 above. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Berger, Bjorn, Ove, Selmer, Sven.

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How common is the last name Bergerson in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bergerson has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Bergerson ranked at 20,138 in popularity with a count of 1,231 individuals bearing the name. By the year 2010, the rank had improved to 19,911 with an increase to 1,348 individuals. This represents a change of 1.13 in rank and a 9.5% rise in the number of people with the surname Bergerson. The proportion per 100,000 people remained stable at 0.46.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,138	#19,911	1.13%
Count	1,231	1,348	9.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.46	0.46	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bergerson

Moving on to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Bergerson, there have been some shifts from 2000 to 2010 as seen in the Decennial U.S. Census data. People identifying as White with this surname decreased from 96.59% to 94.21%, while those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased from 0.41% to 1.04%. The Hispanic population also saw a growth from 1.14% to 2.00%. Interestingly, the Black population and the American Indian and Alaskan Native population both went from 0% to 0.52%. Meanwhile, people identifying with two or more races rose slightly from 1.54% to 1.71%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.59%	94.21%	-2.46%
Hispanic	1.14%	2%	75.44%
Two or More Races	1.54%	1.71%	11.04%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.41%	1.04%	153.66%
Black	0%	0.52%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.52%	0%