Bergsten

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈbɝɡsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bergsten is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 4.1K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 855K
  • BJBenin≈1 in 18K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

2,489 people

Sources
150 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bergsten counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bergsten is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#3362,4891 in 4.1K2.5KBergsten60
CN China—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 969K—Bergsten1
BJ Benin—≈730 est.≈1 in 18K—Bergsten2
US United States—3891 in 855K389Bergsten150
NO Norway—1561 in 35K156Bergsten18
FI Finland—1171 in 48K117Bergsten2
DK Denmark—421 in 140K42Bergsten19

2,489 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bergsten is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Sweden, Spain

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Bergstén

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Bergstén

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bergstén

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Sweden, United States, Benin

    Also written Bergstén

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States

    Also written Bergstén

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Wilhelm Bergsten, b. 1828Carl Bergsten, b. 1879Curt Bergsten, b. 1912Erik Bergsten, b. 1923Anna-Lisa Eriksson, b. 1928Gunilla Bergsten, b. 1933C. Fred Bergsten, b. 1941Gunnar Bergsten, b. 1945Urban Bergsten, b. 1969Henrik Bergsten, b. 1975

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Bergsten,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Bergsten
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—2.5K#412
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010389#53,204
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020387#56,914
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000370#52,608
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—156#10,181
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—117#11,317
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—42#12,316
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—23—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Bergsten?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝɡsən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Bergsten have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Bergsten, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bergsten.
Where is Bergsten most common?
Bergsten is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.1 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Bergsten?
In Sweden, the national register counted 2,489 people named Bergsten, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.
How common is Bergsten compared with other names?
In Sweden, Bergsten is the 336th most common surname of 187,334 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bergsten” — the 336th most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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