Berens (surname)

Berens is a German and Dutch surname.

## Geographical distribution

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As of 2014, 42.0% of all known bearers of the surname Berens were residents of the United States (frequency 1:81,381), 41.8% of Germany (1:18,151), 6.7% of the Netherlands (1:23,777), 2.1% of Canada (1:162,823) and 1.2% of England (1:427,690).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:18,151) in the following states:

* 1\. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:3,859)
* 2\. Saarland (1:8,989)
* 3\. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:9,775)
* 4\. Lower Saxony (1:10,756)
* 5\. Bremen (1:17,339)

In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:23,777) in the following provinces:

* 1\. Drenthe (1:3,609)
* 2\. North Brabant (1:12,627)
* 3\. Gelderland (1:16,375)

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:81,381) in the following states:[1]

* 1\. South Dakota (1:5,591)
* 2\. Minnesota (1:16,742)
* 3\. Michigan (1:18,839)
* 4\. Kansas (1:19,642)
* 5\. Wisconsin (1:21,487)
* 6\. Nebraska (1:24,255)
* 7\. Colorado (1:24,930)
* 8\. Wyoming (1:28,652)
* 9\. Iowa (1:33,323)
* 10\. Montana (1:45,306)
* 11\. Illinois (1:48,348)
* 12\. Ohio (1:53,388)
* 13\. North Dakota (1:57,528)
* 14\. Arizona (1:61,234)
* 15\. Alaska (1:62,578)
* 16\. Washington (1:75,796)

## People

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* Charlie Berens, American comedian
* Chris Berens (born 1976), Dutch painter
* Fritz Berens, conductor of the Sacramento Symphony
* Harold Berens (1903–1995), British comedian and character actor
* Henry Hulse Berens, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company 1858–1863
* Fort Berens, a short-lived fur trade post in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada
* Hermann Berens (1826–1880), German composer
* Lewis Henry Berens (1855–1913), businessman and political theorist in South Australia
* Mikhail Berens (1879–1943), admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and the White Navy during the Russian Civil War, brother of Yevgeny
* Ricky Berens (born 1988), swimmer and Olympic gold medalist for the United States
* Yevgeny Berens (1876–1928), Commander-in-Chief of Soviet Naval Forces 1919–1920, brother of Mikhail Berens

## See also

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* Behrens (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ Berens surname distribution

Surname list

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