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

Berliner, 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 Berliner surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Berliner in America

Berliner is the 19803rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Berliner surname appeared 1,358 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 Berliner.

We can also compare 2010 data for Berliner 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 Berliner

The surname BERLINER is a locational name originating from the city of Berlin in Germany. It is derived from the Old Polabian word "berl", meaning "swamp". The name first emerged in the 12th century when the city was founded on a swampy area near the River Spree.

The earliest recorded instance of the name BERLINER can be found in a document from 1301, referring to a man named Johannes Berliner. In the 14th century, the spelling variations included Berliner, Barliner, and Berlyner.

One notable bearer of the name was Moses Mendelssohn, a German Jewish philosopher and Enlightenment thinker, who lived from 1729 to 1786. He is credited with helping to establish modern Jewish studies and advocating for the integration of Jews into German society.

Another prominent figure was Emil Berliner, a German-American inventor and audio pioneer, born in 1851 and died in 1929. He is best known for inventing the gramophone record and the flat disc recording method, revolutionizing the recording industry.

In the field of music, the American jazz pianist and composer Milton Berliner, who lived from 1920 to 1994, made significant contributions to the development of cool jazz and third stream music.

The name BERLINER is also associated with the famous Berliner doughnut, which originated in Berlin in the 18th century. The pastry was created by a baker named Ernst Theodor Amedee Hoffmann, who called it the "Berliner Pfannkuchen" (Berlin pancake).

A notable literary figure with the surname BERLINER was the German author and journalist Hans Berliner, who lived from 1914 to 2001. He is best known for his critically acclaimed novel "The Novel of the Immortals" (1948), which explored the theme of immortality.

While the name BERLINER is primarily associated with Germany and its capital city, it has also been adopted by individuals of various nationalities and backgrounds, reflecting the global reach and influence of Berlin's cultural and historical significance.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Berliner

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

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 Berliner 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 Berliner 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 Berliner was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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