How common is the surname Beier?

2,606 people in the United States had the surname Beier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. It ranked 11,984th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beier?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Beier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beier?

Max Beier, Austrian arachnologist and entomologist (1903–1979).

Where is the surname Beier most common?

Wikidata records people named Beier in Austria.

Is the surname Beier getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,606 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Beier

A surname, carried by 2,606 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beier is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,606 people named Beier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,631.

#11,984

rank among US surnames

2,606

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #11,083)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,977	Fleshman	2,608	118,384
#11,982	McCay	2,607	118,429
#11,984	Laclair	2,606	118,475
#11,988	Burchard	2,605	118,520
#11,993	Chubb	2,604	118,566

Who is named Beier

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Beier identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beiers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max Beier
Austrian arachnologist and entomologist (1903–1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beier

Beier has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

Questions

How common is the surname Beier?: 2,606 people in the United States had the surname Beier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. It ranked 11,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beier?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Beier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beier?: Max Beier, Austrian arachnologist and entomologist (1903–1979).
Where is the surname Beier most common?: Wikidata records people named Beier in Austria.
Is the surname Beier getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,606 in 2010, down 1.0%.