# Bies (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bies/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 977 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,332 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 316,014 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (947 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bies, a topographic surname from bies (“rush; sedge”). * Borrowed from Polish Bies, an unflattering nickname from bies (“devil, demon”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bies in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Bess, Bice, Bias, Boes, Beas, Bise, Buis, Biss, Biggs, Bish, Beck, Bush.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.