# Birnbaum (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,030 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,152 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (3,160 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Berenbaum, Birenbaum |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Birnbaum, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Birnbaum 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Birnbaum in the United States, Austria–Hungary, Second Polish Republic and Austria.

## People named Birnbaum

- Steve Birnbaum, American soccer player (born 1991)
- Nathan Birnbaum, Austrian philosopher (1864-1937)
- Dara Birnbaum, American video and installation artist (1946-2025)
- Roger Birnbaum, American film producer
- Z. W. Birnbaum, American statistician (1903–2000)
- Solomon Birnbaum, Austrian linguist (1891–1989)
- Karl Birnbaum, American psychiatrist (1878–1950)
- Norman Birnbaum, American sociologist (1926-2019)
- Philip Birnbaum, American translator and writer (1904–1988)
- George Burns, American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896–1996)

## Similar surnames

Brumfield, Brumbaugh, Bernabe, Brownfield, Brambila, Bramble, Broomfield, Barnaby, Bromberg, Bramblett, Brumback, Brahmbhatt.

## 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.