Berr
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Zugehörige Schreibvariante; Familienname zu Rufname Bernhard
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/bəɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Berr is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 2.7M(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 134K
- ATAustria≈1 in 160K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 131 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 134K (inferred from the name graph)
≈600 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Zugehörige Schreibvariante; Familienname zu Rufname Bernhard. Bearer count: 239 Tokens, v.a. in Bayern.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Berr 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 134K | — | Berr | 74 |
| FR France | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 302K | 12 | — | 1 |
| US United States | 124 | 1 in 2.7M | 147 | Berr | 131 |
| AT Austria | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 160K | — | Berr | 15 |
| BR Brazil | 51 | 1 in 4.2M | 51 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 474K | — | Berr | 8 |
| LS Lesotho | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 254K | — | Berr | 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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)Berr is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cel-bry-pro, feminine singular of *bɨrr
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kw, short, brief
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Albanian, sheep
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In non, bare
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, court, à court
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
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)- Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheimb. 1726DEnot in their usual nameFrench-Jewish arms dealer, philanthropist
- Berr Isaac Berr de Turiqueb. 1744FRFrench private banker (1744-1828)
- Michel Berr de Turiqueb. 1781FRFrench writer (1781-1843)
- Frédéric Berrb. 1794DEGerman clarinettist, bassoonist and composer (1794–1838)
- Henri Berrb. 1863FRFrench philosopher (1863-1954)
- Georges Berrb. 1867FRFrench actor, film director and screenwriter (1867-1942)
- Raymond Berrb. 1888FRFrench engineer and business owner (1888-1944)
- Hans Berrb. 1890DEPrussian World War I flying ace (1890-1917)
- Hélène Berrb. 1921FRFrench writer
- Mario Hamuy Berrb. 1926CLChilean economist (1926-2011)
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)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 147 | #111,119 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 145 | #124,450 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 124 | #135,593 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 51 | #103,379 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 12 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- How do you pronounce Berr?
- A machine transcription gives /bəɹ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Berr mean?
- Recorded meaning: Zugehörige Schreibvariante; Familienname zu Rufname Bernhard.
- In which country does Berr have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 597 people named Berr in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berr.
- How common is the name Berr?
- In the United States, the national register counted 124 people named Berr in 2010, about 1 in 2.7 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/berrThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Berr”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.