Berggren

surname · Latin script

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

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

Berggren is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From berg (“mountain”) + gren (“branch”).

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 926(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 131K
  • BJBenin≈1 in 3.6K

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)

11,018 people

Sources
253 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 926 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From berg (“mountain”) + gren (“branch”).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Berggren 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 Berggren is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#58211,0181 in 92611KBerggren69
CN China—≈8,300 est.≈1 in 168K—Berggren3
BJ Benin#856≈3,600 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Berggren5
US United States—2,5351 in 131K2.5KBerggren253
NO Norway—7061 in 7.7K706Berggren16
FI Finland—5341 in 10K534Berggren5
DK Denmark—2521 in 23K252—1

11,018 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)

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

  • Swedish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Berggrén

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Finland, United States, Estonia

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Berggrén

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Berggrén

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Italy

    Also written Berggrén

  • Russian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Берггрен

38 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)

18001850190019502000Sven Berggren, b. 1837Gunnar Berggren, b. 1908Inger Berggren, b. 1934Evy Berggren, b. 1934Thommy Berggren, b. 1937Martin Berggren, b. 1942Tommy Berggren, b. 1950Jonas Berggren, b. 1967Linn Berggren, b. 1970Jenny Berggren, b. 1972

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 Berggren,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Berggren
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—11K#66
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.5K#12,269
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.5K#11,437
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.4K#12,207
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—706#1,765
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—534#3,255
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2025353—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2023352—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2024351—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2022351—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2021351—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2020347—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

What does the name Berggren mean, and where does it come from?
From berg (“mountain”) + gren (“branch”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Berggren?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝɡɹɛn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Berggren have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Berggren, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berggren.
Where is Berggren most common?
Berggren is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 926 people carrying it.
How common is the name Berggren?
In Sweden, the national register counted 11,018 people named Berggren, about 1 in 926 residents.
How common is Berggren compared with other names?
In Sweden, Berggren is the 582nd 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, “Berggren” — the 582nd most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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