# Bilger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bilger/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,771 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,284 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 174,334 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.2% (1,667 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bilger 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bilger in the United States.

## People named Bilger

- Leonora Bilger, American chemist who studied nitrogenous compounds

## Similar surnames

Bulger, Bolger, Balaguer, Belcher, Blocker, Blizzard, Blosser, Blackshear, Blaser, Balzer, Blazer, Balser.

## 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.