Berman Family History
Berman Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal name
Berman, meaning ‘bear man’.Respelling of German
Bermann 1–3.English: occupational name for a porter,
Middle English berman (Old English bærmann, from
beran ‘to carry’ + mann ‘man’).English: possibly
from a Middle English personal name, Ber(e)man, which may be
derived from Old English Beornmund, composed of the elements
beorn ‘young man’, ‘warrior’ + mund ‘protection’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Berman
Name Distribution of Berman Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Berman families
 82 - 162  28 - 81 |
 1 - 27  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Berman families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Berman census records
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Berman Family Origin
Berman Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Berman Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Berman census records
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Military Service by Berman
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