How common is the surname Bieber?

4,301 people in the United States had the surname Bieber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. It ranked 7,717th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bieber?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Bieber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bieber?

Hailey Bieber, American model and television personality, followed by Shane Bieber.

Where is the surname Bieber most common?

Wikidata records people named Bieber in the United States.

How do you pronounce Bieber?

Bieber is /ˈbibɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bieber getting more or less common?

More common. 4,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,301 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Bieber

A German surname, carried by 4,301 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbibɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex B160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bieber is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Jewish and German surname, from the name Bieber, itself from an old form of modern Biber (“beaver”). Doublet of Beaver. Compare Beaber, Beeber.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,301 people named Bieber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,294.

#7,717

rank among US surnames

4,301

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,167)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,710	Lasley	4,306	71,701
#7,713	Bussell	4,305	71,718
#7,714	Lail	4,304	71,735
#7,717	Stockdale	4,301	71,785
#7,720	Theobald	4,300	71,801
#7,721	Till	4,299	71,818

Who is named Bieber

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

97% of people named Bieber identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Biebers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hailey Bieber
American model and television personality, born 1996
Shane Bieber
American professional baseball player, born 1995
Nita Bieber
American actress (1926-2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bieber

Bever

Bieber has the Soundex code B160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bieber come from?: Jewish and German surname, from the name Bieber, itself from an old form of modern Biber (“beaver”). Doublet of Beaver. Compare Beaber, Beeber.
How common is the surname Bieber?: 4,301 people in the United States had the surname Bieber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. It ranked 7,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bieber?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Bieber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bieber?: Hailey Bieber, American model and television personality, followed by Shane Bieber.
Where is the surname Bieber most common?: Wikidata records people named Bieber in the United States.
How do you pronounce Bieber?: Bieber is /ˈbibɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bieber getting more or less common?: More common. 4,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,301 in 2010, up 0.2%.