Ber is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ber
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Surname is a form of Barr. 1. A parish and a hamlet in county of Stafford; also a parish in Ayrshire. 2. The gateway of a fortified town. 3. A pre Domesday name Bar, meaning probably either Anglo-Saxon bar, bear, or bár, boar-a sobriquet. De la Bare. Hundred Rolls.

The is variation of Behr. One who lived at the sign of the bear; one with some characteristics of the bear; descendant of Bero, a pet form of names beginning with Bar meaning "bear," as Beroward, Beriwick and Berulf.

Lastname is form of the Bahr. Dweller at the sign of the bear; one thought to possess bearlike qualities. The bear was the king of beasts in the north of Europe.

Ber is variant form of Baer. Dweller at the sign of the bear; one thought to possess bearlike qualities. The bear was the king of beasts in the north of Europe.

Surname is a form of the Barr. One who came from Barr meaning height, in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire; dweller at the top of the hill.

Lastname Ber is a variant of Bare. A township, county of Lancaster.

The variant of Barrett. Baret, a personal name of Teutonic origin, is found here in Saxon times. In various forms it has always been very common in France and England.

How popular is Ber?

Ber is common in Israel, Morocco, Russia, Nigeria, India, United States, Poland, France, Turkey, Taiwan, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Pakistan, Ukraine, Indonesia.

Ber is ranked 30014 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bers grew by 26.43 per cent to 421 since 2000 and ranked 49824 after elevating 7428 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.4 84.68
Hispanic or Latino 12.59 7.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 9.98 2.7
Black 3.09 3.9
Ber is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Israel which signifies that it is originated from Israel. Around 17825 people have been found who wears Ber as their family name. Ber is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Ber:
51 Israel9,139
4,618 Morocco1,193
14,676 Russia1,168
9,707 Nigeria1,152
Countries with hundreds of Ber:
50,343 India601
53,915 United States535
14,565 Poland399
30,839 France335
17,160 Turkey316
880 Taiwan266
23,402 Egypt244
9,534 Kazakhstan216
16,788 Spain174
21,150 Canada168
45,777 Brazil159
22,733 Argentina151
45,588 Germany146
14,950 Pakistan139
44,460 Ukraine130
78,297 Indonesia122
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
41,424 Iran91
12,060 Papua New Guinea90
5,964 Slovenia86
26,876 Kenya83
26,095 Malaysia56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,731 Mauritius44
28,176 Belarus41
10,086 Portugal38
13,506 Serbia30
76,208 England29
35,058 Austria27
30,197 Mexico23
37,880 Slovakia22
25,726 Uzbekistan22
106,094 South Africa20
101,426 Italy18
11,907 Ethiopia16
6,189 Paraguay16
64,682 Czechia15
13,078 Georgia15
37,235 Hungary15
363,835 Thailand14
93,242 Australia13
73,030 Netherlands13
18,211 Singapore13
197,164 Philippines13
19,471 Estonia12
33,360 Croatia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
105,188 Cameroon10
7,200 China10
87,318 Belgium9
3,802 Hong Kong9
1,210 South Sudan9
31,900 Bulgaria8
55,065 Romania8
53,709 Algeria6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

C. Ber was 17 years old when she migrated to USA on November 12, 1853. She lived in Germany where she worked as laborer and took Eliza Mallony from Antwerp. C. Ber, aged 46, 14 years old Barbara Ber, Marie Ber, Theodor Ber (31), 32 years old Carl Ber, 50 years old J. Ber, Hen. Ber (33) Farmer, Inger.Madona Ber, aged Of unknown age, and 11 other Ber around 35.71% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and domestic migrated to US from Antwerp, Bremen, Liverpool and Bremen & Havre.

Ber Namesakes

    Josef Ber, Australian actor
  • Douce-Marie Ber characterized central character of Bonnie & Parker in 2016 drama flick Juste après les larmes.

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