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The surname Bier

A surname, carried by 2,320 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B600

Bier: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bier #13,177, 2,320 people Bier: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bier #13,177, 2,320 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bier is more common than 91.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,320 people named Bier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,253.

#13,177
rank among US surnames
2,320
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+3%
change since 2000 (was #12,605)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,171Tedeschi2,321133,023
#13,177Kennison2,320133,080
#13,184Landman2,319133,137
#13,186Moraga2,318133,195

Who is named Bier

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

92% of people named Bier identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bier

Bier 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 Bier?
2,320 people in the United States had the surname Bier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. It ranked 13,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bier?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bier getting more or less common?
More common. 2,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,320 in 2010, up 3.0%.