Beringer
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from the Old French personal name Berenger, of Germanic origin meaning literally 'bear-spear'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɛɹɪŋɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Beringer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 141K(measured from records)
- BZBelize≈1 in 42K
- PKPakistan≈1 in 93K
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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 223 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belize, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the Old French personal name Berenger, of Germanic origin meaning literally 'bear-spear'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Beringer is read(measured from records)
Beringer is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English68%
from the Old French personal name Berenger, of Germanic origin meaning literally 'bear-spear'.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
tdmk for a wine
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
v. BERRINGER Berk(e)ley
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
- German13%
Toponymic surname from settlement names, esp. Beringen (Kanton Schaffhausen), Behringen (Niedersachsen/Thüringen) or Böhringen (Baden-Württemberg).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
- French8.7%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Beringer in French.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Beringer 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Beringer | 1 |
| US United States | 2,363 | 1 in 141K | 2.4K | Beringer | 223 |
| FR France | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 144K | 57 | — | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 335K | listed | Beringer | 47 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 300K | — | Beringer | 9 |
| CH Switzerland | 86 | 1 in 98K | 86 | Beringer | 7 |
| BZ Belize | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Beringer | 1 |
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; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Beringer is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, variante de Berlinguer
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Michael Beringerb. 1566DEGerman philologist
- Johann Beringerb. 1667DEGerman physician and philosopher
- August Beringerb. 1818DEGerman pharmacist and chemist
- Oscar Beringerb. 1844DEEnglish pianist and music pedagogue of German descent
- Esme Beringerb. 1875GBBritish actor (1875-1972)
- Max Beringerb. 1886DEGerman painter (1886-1961)
- Kurt Beringerb. 1893DEGerman neurologist and psychiatrist
- John Beringerb. 1944GBBritish microbiologist
- Joan Beringerb. 2006FRFrench basketball player (born 2006)
- Heinrich BeringerDECarthusian monk (-1444)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #12,994 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.9K | #14,399 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.5K | #18,419 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 86 | #12,423 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 76 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 74 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 74 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 72 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 71 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 57 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 51 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Beringer mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Old French personal name Berenger, of Germanic origin meaning literally 'bear-spear'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Beringer?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɛɹɪŋɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Beringer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Beringer in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled beringer.
- How common is the name Beringer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,363 people named Beringer in 2010, about 1 in 141 thousand residents.
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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, “Beringer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.