Bergs Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Bergs and Berg are two spellings with one history. Its meaning, shared with Berg, is “Dweller on a hill”.

Bergs coat of arms

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A variant of Berg

Bergs adds a patronymic ending to Berg, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Bergius, Bergh and Bjerg.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Bergs surname had 264 bearers. Want more than a summary? See the Bergs family name pack.