Berkowitz

English

Alternative forms

• Berkovich

Etymology

Germanized spelling of Polish Berkowicz, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Proper noun

Berkowitz (plural Berkowitzes)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Berkowitz is the 5018^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7000 individuals. Berkowitz is most common among White (96.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Berkowitz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143.