Bersch
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Surname type showing consonant variation with -sch
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈbɝʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bersch is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- BRBrazil
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Surname type showing consonant variation with -sch. Bearer count: 1829.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Bersch is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Kurzformname mit -z-Suffix; Konkurrenz zu Namen mit ahd. beraht/ahs. ber(e)ht 'hell, glänzend'.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Typ zu Bert-Patronymen mit z-Suffix; zeigt Schwund von r/ch. 12 Types/1829 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In bar, teenager, yob
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)- Carl Berschb. 1834DEGerman-American painter (1834-1914)
- Wilhelm Berschb. 1868ATAustrian chemist (1868-1917)
- Walter Berschb. 1954DEGerman politician
- Freek Berschb. 1980NLDutch politician
- Johanna Berschb. 2001DEGerman association football player
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)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 704 | #12,543 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 571 | #38,691 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 564 | #41,581 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 557 | #37,591 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 11 | #62,598 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #249,184 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #139,990 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #309,916 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- 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
- Where does the name Bersch come from?
- Surname type showing consonant variation with -sch. Bearer count: 1829. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus.
- How do you pronounce Bersch?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Bersch mean?
- Recorded meaning: Surname type showing consonant variation with -sch.
- In which country does Bersch have the most bearers?
- Bersch is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/berschThe 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, “Bersch”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.