Berkovitz: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Berkovitz is usually a form of Berkowitz. In origin, the name means “The son of Berek or Berko, pet forms of Baruch (blessed)”. Spelled with “v” instead of “w”, Berkovitz shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Berkovits, Berkovic and Berkowicz.

The 2010 census count for Berkovitz in the United States was 380, good for rank 54,296.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Berkovitz, so the heraldry linked to Berkowitz is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Berkovitz family name pack.