Find out how popular the last name Bergemann is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bergemann.

Bergemann, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bergemann surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bergemann in America

Bergemann is the 31453rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bergemann surname appeared 736 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bergemann.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bergemann to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bergemann

The surname Bergemann originates from Germany, with its earliest recorded use dating back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the German words "Berg," meaning mountain, and "mann," meaning man, suggesting that the name was initially given to someone who lived near or worked on a mountain.

One of the earliest known references to the Bergemann name can be found in a 14th-century manuscript from the region of Saxony, where a certain Dietrich Bergemann was mentioned as a landowner in the village of Zittau. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by that time.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Bergemann name spread across various parts of Germany, particularly in the areas around the Harz Mountains and the Ore Mountains. Records from this period show that many Bergemanns were involved in mining and metalworking, likely due to their proximity to the mineral-rich mountain ranges.

Notable individuals with the Bergemann surname include Johann Friedrich Bergemann (1773-1848), a German theologian and philosopher who taught at the University of Leipzig, and Karl Bergemann (1838-1920), a German painter known for his landscape and genre scenes.

In the 19th century, the Bergemann family played a significant role in the industrialization of Germany. Gustav Bergemann (1849-1917) was a prominent industrialist and entrepreneur who founded the Bergemann Electrical Works in Berlin, which produced electrical equipment and machinery.

Another noteworthy figure was Emilie Bergemann (1868-1942), a German suffragette and women's rights activist who campaigned for equal rights and access to education for women in the early 20th century.

More recently, Hans-Günter Bergemann (1920-2001) was a German mathematician and statistician who made significant contributions to the field of stochastic processes and their applications in engineering and economics.

While the Bergemann surname has its roots firmly planted in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world through migration and diaspora, with descendants bearing the name found in various countries today.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bergemann

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bergemann.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bergemann was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bergemann has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bergemann was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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