How common is the surname Bien?

1,960 people in the United States had the surname Bien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,523 Americans. It ranked 15,060th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bien?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Bien identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Bien getting more or less common?

More common. 1,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,960 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Bien

A surname, carried by 1,960 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bien is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,960 people named Bien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,523 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,873.

#15,060

rank among US surnames

1,960

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,574)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,052	Linger	1,962	157,363
#15,056	Goetsch	1,961	157,443
#15,060	Bien	1,960	157,523
#15,063	Yohn	1,959	157,604
#15,066	Mitra	1,958	157,684

Who is named Bien

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

76% of people named Bien identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bien

Bien has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

Questions

How common is the surname Bien?: 1,960 people in the United States had the surname Bien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,523 Americans. It ranked 15,060th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bien?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Bien identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Bien getting more or less common?: More common. 1,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,960 in 2010, up 4.6%.