Berzins

Name: Berzins: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
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Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

Pronunciation:

Berzins is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uganda than in any other country, where it is the 80th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latvian Bērziņš.

UGUganda≈1 in 400few records(inferred from the name graph)
LVLatvia≈1 in 2.1Kfew records
NONorway1 in 36K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Uganda (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 183 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 397 (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

Borrowed from Latvian Bērziņš.

Cited for this meaning 1

Wiktionary

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Berzins 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 Berzins is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
UG Uganda	#80	≈130,000 est.	≈1 in 397	—	Berzins	1
LV Latvia	#379	≈890 est.	≈1 in 2.1K	—	Berzins	34
US United States	—	528	1 in 630K	583	Berzins	183
GB United Kingdom	—	≈210 est.	≈1 in 326K	—	Berzins	64
AU Australia	—	≈180 est.	≈1 in 154K	—	Berzins	58
NO Norway	—	152	1 in 36K	152	—	3
FI Finland	—	118	1 in 47K	118	—	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; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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

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

Norwegian surname8 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Latvia, Denmark, Norway
Languages: Norwegian, Danish
Also written Bērziņš, Bērzinš, Berzinš
a separate name8 spellings in the group
Also written Bėrzins, Be̅rziņš, Bērziņš, Berzinš, Bērzin̦š
Finnish surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Latvia
Also written Bērziņš
Russian surname22 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazakhstan
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian
Also written Берзиньш, Берзіньш, Berzinsh, Bērziņš, Берзинш
Polish surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Poland, United Kingdom, Latvia
Also written Bērziņš, Berzinš

35 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

Yan Karlovich Berzinb. 1889LVnot in their usual nameRussian politician and diplomat (1889-1938)
Yuly Berzinb. 1904BYnot in their usual nameSoviet writer (1904-1942)
Alexander Berzinb. 1946RUnot in their usual nameRussian naval officer
Andrew Rai Berzinsb. 1957Canadian film and TV writer
Evgeni Berzinb. 1970RUnot in their usual nameRussian cyclist
Laila BerzinsAmerican actress

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

FormalDear Berzins,

InformalHello,

Evidence

18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Berzins
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	583	#36,276
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	547	#42,669
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	528	#41,234
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	152	#10,345
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	118	#11,243
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)	—	—	—

Reference works 2

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Berzins mean, and where does it come from?: Borrowed from Latvian Bērziņš. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Berzins have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 126 thousand people named Berzins in Uganda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berzins.
How common is the name Berzins?: In the United States, the national register counted 528 people named Berzins in 2010, about 1 in 630 thousand residents.
How common is Berzins compared with other names?: In Uganda, Berzins is the 80th most common surname of 6,307 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 2026-10-13 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, “Berzins” — the 80th most common surname in Uganda. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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