Berger Family History
Berger Name Meaning
German, Dutch, Swedish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic
name for someone who lived in the mountains or hills (see
Berg). DEB; EG, OV, AB As a Jewish name it is mainly
ornamental. ab It is found as a surname throughout central and
eastern Europe, either as a surname of German origin or as a German
translation of a topographic name with similar meaning, for example
Slovenian Gricar, Hribar, Gorjan or
Gorjanc.Norwegian: habitational name from any of
various farms so named with the plural of Berg ‘mountain’.French: occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French
bergier (Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex
‘ram’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Berger
Name Distribution of Berger Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Berger families
 871 - 1,740  291 - 870 |
 1 - 290  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Berger families
|
69 - 135 24 - 68 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Berger families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Berger census records
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Berger Family Origin
Berger Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Berger
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Berger Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Berger census records
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Berger Civil War Service Records
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