How common is the surname Biehl?

2,894 people in the United States had the surname Biehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. It ranked 10,987th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Biehl?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Biehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Biehl?

Janet Biehl, American author, philosopher, and artist (born 1953).

Where is the surname Biehl most common?

Wikidata records people named Biehl in the United States.

Is the surname Biehl getting more or less common?

More common. 2,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,894 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Biehl

A surname, carried by 2,894 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Biehl is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,894 people named Biehl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,853.

#10,987

rank among US surnames

2,894

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,340)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,979	Lucier	2,897	106,574
#10,983	Mirabal	2,896	106,611
#10,986	Repp	2,895	106,648
#10,987	Locker	2,894	106,685
#10,993	Chupp	2,893	106,722

Who is named Biehl

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

96% of people named Biehl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Biehls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janet Biehl
American author, philosopher, and artist (born 1953)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Biehl

Biehl has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

How common is the surname Biehl?: 2,894 people in the United States had the surname Biehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. It ranked 10,987th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Biehl?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Biehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Biehl?: Janet Biehl, American author, philosopher, and artist (born 1953).
Where is the surname Biehl most common?: Wikidata records people named Biehl in the United States.
Is the surname Biehl getting more or less common?: More common. 2,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,894 in 2010, up 1.4%.