German or Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or
by a hill or mountain, from Middle High German berc. This
name is widespread throughout central and eastern
Europe.
Scandinavian: habitational name for someone who lived at a
farmstead named with Old Norse bjarg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’. In
Sweden this is commonly found as an element of ornamental names.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Berg
‘mountain’, ‘hill’, or a short form of any of the many ornamental
surnames containing this word as the final element, for example
Schönberg (see Schoenberg) and Goldberg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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