Bergen Family History
Bergen Name Meaning
Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill,
or a habitational name from any of various places named with this
word.German: inflected variant of Berg (originally after a
preposition, as in an or zu Bergen).Swedish:
variant of Berg.Jewish (Ashkenazic):
habitational name from any of the various German places called Bergen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bergen
Name Distribution of Bergen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bergen families
 189 - 375  64 - 188 |
 1 - 63  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bergen families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Bergen last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bergen census records
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Bergen Family Origin
Bergen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bergen
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bergen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bergen census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Bergen ancestors, such as occupation.
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Bergen Civil War Service Records
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