How common is the surname Bilger?

1,771 people in the United States had the surname Bilger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,334 Americans. It ranked 16,284th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bilger?

Leonora Bilger, American chemist who studied nitrogenous compounds.

Where is the surname Bilger most common?

Wikidata records people named Bilger in the United States.

Is the surname Bilger getting more or less common?

More common. 1,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,771 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Bilger

A surname, carried by 1,771 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bilger is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,771 people named Bilger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,334 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,667.

#16,284

rank among US surnames

1,771

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,995)

Who is named Bilger

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

96% of people named Bilger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bilgers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leonora Bilger
American chemist who studied nitrogenous compounds, 1893–1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bilger

Bilger has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

Questions

How common is the surname Bilger?: 1,771 people in the United States had the surname Bilger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,334 Americans. It ranked 16,284th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bilger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bilger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Bilger?: Leonora Bilger, American chemist who studied nitrogenous compounds.
Where is the surname Bilger most common?: Wikidata records people named Bilger in the United States.
Is the surname Bilger getting more or less common?: More common. 1,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,771 in 2010, up 6.2%.