How common is the surname Biro?

2,241 people in the United States had the surname Biro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. It ranked 13,536th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Biro?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Biro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Biro getting more or less common?

More common. 677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,241 in 2010, up 231%.

The surname Biro

A surname, carried by 2,241 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Biro is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname from the Slavic languages.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,241 people named Biro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. That is up 231% since 2000, when the Census counted 677.

#13,536

rank among US surnames

2,241

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+231%

change since 2000 (was #32,129)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,531	Stringham	2,242	137,710
#13,536	Seiber	2,241	137,771
#13,541	Cousineau	2,240	137,833
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956

Who is named Biro

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

90% of people named Biro identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Biro

Biro has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

Questions

How common is the surname Biro?: 2,241 people in the United States had the surname Biro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. It ranked 13,536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Biro?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Biro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Biro getting more or less common?: More common. 677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,241 in 2010, up 231%.