Berge

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in French: bank (of river, canal)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Berge is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 398(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 97K
  • SESweden1 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.

Norway (measured from records)

13,726 people

Sources
293 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 398 (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from an old dative place-name; 'at the mountain'

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

How Berge is read(measured from records)

Berge is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 4 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.

  • English43%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Berge in English.

  • French18%

    bank (of river, canal)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Norwegian9.4%

    to rescue, save, salvage

    as a wordrecorded as Norwegian Nynorskkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • German5.6%

    from an old dative place-name; 'at the mountain'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

    Toponymischer Familienname zu Berg; unapokopierter Dativ Sg.; 651 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

    nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Berg

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Dutch5.3%

    singular present subjunctive of bergen

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

Berge 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 Berge is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NO Norway#4013,7261 in 39814KBerge101
US United States—3,4441 in 97K3.4KBerge293
FR France—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 21K437—6
ID Indonesia—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 208K—Berge9
TR Türkiye—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 68K—Berge9
GH Ghana—≈720 est.≈1 in 41K—Berge11
SE Sweden—5561 in 18K556Berge33
HU Hungary—≈190 est.≈1 in 52K—Berge4

13,726 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, 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; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • German surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Netherlands, Sweden

    Also written Bergé, Bergè, Bergē

  • Turkish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Netherlands, United States, Norway

    Also written Berğe, Bergé

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bergê, Bergé

  • a separate surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden

    Also written Bergé, Bergê

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bergé

59 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)

19201940196019802000Claude Berge, b. 1926Pierre Bergé, b. 1930Georges Descrières, b. 1930Francine Bergé, b. 1938Gunnar Berge, b. 1940Alain Dorval, b. 1946Albert Miralles, b. 1982Stig-André Berge, b. 1983Aurore Bergé, b. 1986Sander Berge, b. 1998

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 Berge,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 37 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Berge
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—14K#46
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20226.9K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20256.9K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20246.9K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20196.9K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20236.8K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20216.8K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20206.8K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20186.8K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.4K#9,446
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.3K#8,991
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.2K#9,755

Reference works 7

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

Where does the name Berge come from?
from an old dative place-name; 'at the mountain' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
In which country does Berge have the most bearers?
In Norway, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Berge, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berge.
Where is Berge most common?
Berge is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 398 people carrying it.
How do you pronounce Berge?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝdʒ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Berge mean?
In French, bank (of river, canal)
How common is the name Berge?
In Norway, the national register counted 13,726 people named Berge, about 1 in 398 residents.
How common is Berge compared with other names?
In Norway, Berge is the 40th most common surname of 90,139 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, “Berge” — the 40th most common surname in Norway. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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