How common is the surname Bierman?

5,064 people in the United States had the surname Bierman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,969 Americans. It ranked 6,673rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bierman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bierman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bierman getting more or less common?

More common. 4,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,064 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Bierman

A surname, carried by 5,064 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bierman is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,064 people named Bierman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,969 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,728.

#6,673

rank among US surnames

5,064

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,613)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,669	Townes	5,067	60,933
#6,671	Yen	5,066	60,945
#6,672	Toner	5,065	60,957
#6,673	Bierman	5,064	60,969
#6,674	Johanson	5,061	61,005
#6,676	Fall	5,060	61,017

Who is named Bierman

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

96% of people named Bierman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
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 Bierman

Bierman has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

Questions

How common is the surname Bierman?: 5,064 people in the United States had the surname Bierman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,969 Americans. It ranked 6,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bierman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bierman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bierman getting more or less common?: More common. 4,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,064 in 2010, up 7.1%.