Berens is a German and Dutch surname.

Geographical distribution 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: Rhineland-Palatinate (1:3,859) Saarland (1:8,989) North Rhine-Westphalia (1:9,775) Lower Saxony (1:10,756) 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: Drenthe (1:3,609) North Brabant (1:12,627) 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:Berens surname distribution South Dakota (1:5,591) Minnesota (1:16,742) Michigan (1:18,839) Kansas (1:19,642) Wisconsin (1:21,487) Nebraska (1:24,255) Colorado (1:24,930) Wyoming (1:28,652) Iowa (1:33,323) Montana (1:45,306) Illinois (1:48,348) Ohio (1:53,388) North Dakota (1:57,528) Arizona (1:61,234) Alaska (1:62,578) Washington (1:75,796)

People Charlie Berens (born 1987), 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 (1804–1883), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company 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 Behrens (disambiguation)

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