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Berger has a stock in the province of Bolzano and one in Turin, Bergera, absolutely rare in Turin, Bergero has a stock in the Savona area and one in Turin, Bergeri, almost unique, is probably due to errors in transcription of the previous ones, Bergia is definitely Piedmontese of the Cuneo area of Bernezzo, Cuneo and Racconigi and of the Turin area of Carmagnola and Turin, they could be of Provençal origin and identify a pastoral origin of the family by deriving the surnames from the term berger (shepherd), but it is also possible a Germanic derivation from the term berge (mountains) thus assuming a mountain origin. The noble family of the Bergera counts of Brassicarda and Marene and lords of Beinasco and Piobesi Torinese, also acquired as well as the baron of Cly through the marriage of Maria Margherita Roncas daughter of the baron with a Count Bergera, the domain of the family will then extend from the Cuneo to the Val d'Aosta, a Bergera was archbishop of Turin in the early 1600s. The Bergias also include important personalities in their history, such as for example Chiaffredo Bergia who was born in Paesana (CN) on 1 January 1840 and, as an aspiring carabiniere who at age of 23 he had already succeeded in obtaining a silver medal for valor, he made a career so much that he reached the rank of captain of the weapon and gold medal by receiving the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of the Savoy.
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