Bergstein
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Bergstein
Frequency: (246)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental compound of German Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’ + Stein ‘stone’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 7%. Sol (2), Chaim, Hyman, Shalom, Yitzchok.
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