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    The surname Bies

    A Dutch place surname, carried by 977 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Bies: #25,332 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bies #25,332, 977 people Bies: #25,332 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bies #25,332, 977 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bies is more common than 84.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    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”).

    Bies is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 977 people named Bies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 316,014 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 947.

    #25,332
    rank among US surnames
    977
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #24,701)

    Who is named Bies

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

    95% of people named Bies identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bies

    Bies has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bies come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Bies?
    977 people in the United States had the surname Bies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 316,014 Americans. It ranked 25,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bies?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bies?
    Bies is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bies getting more or less common?
    More common. 947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 977 in 2010, up 3.2%.