Explore the Family Name Von Berg

The meaning of Von Berg

German (von Berg): habitational name for someone from Berg in North Rhine-Westphalia, formed with the preposition von ‘from’.

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How common is the last name Von Berg in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Von Berg has seen an increase in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, this surname was ranked 67,522 and had a count of 273, while in 2010 it advanced to rank 65,782 with a count of 301. This represents a rank change of 2.58 and a count change of 10.26. Despite these changes in rank and count, the proportion per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.1.

20002010Change
Rank#67,522#65,7822.58%
Count27330110.26%
Proportion per 100k0.10.10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Von Berg

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Von Berg identify as White. In 2000, 95.60% identified as White, slightly decreasing to 95.02% in 2010. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native within the two census years. However, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, representing 1.99% of the total.

20002010Change
White95.6%95.02%-0.61%
Two or More Races0%1.99%0%
Asian/Pacific Islander0%0%0%
Hispanic0%0%0%
Black0%0%0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native0%0%0%