# Beer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,931 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,829 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,056 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (5,743 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the place name in Devon (see Etymology 1 above); also from Old English bār (“boar”). * As a north German and Dutch surname, from beer (“bear”). See also the surnames Baer and Bahr. * As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Bier (“beer”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beer in the United States, Israel, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Holy Roman Empire, France and Australia.

## People named Beer

- Madison Beer, American singer (born 1999)
- Wilhelm Beer, astronomer and banker (1797–1850)
- Donald Beer, American rower (1935–1997)
- Johann Beer, Austrian composer and writer
- Edith Hahn Beer, Austrian Holocaust survivor (1914-2009)
- Georg Joseph Beer, Austrian ophthalmologist (1763-1821)
- René Libeer, boxer (1934–2006)
- Israel Beer, Austrian-Israeli spy (1912-1966)
- Ellie Beer, Australian athlete
- Adolf Beer, Austrian historian of modern age (1831-1902)

## Similar surnames

Berry, Baer, Bear, Behr, Beery, Beier, Bier, Bergh, Boer, Bera, Bero, Bree.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.