How common is the surname Biron?

1,793 people in the United States had the surname Biron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,195 Americans. It ranked 16,136th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Biron?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Biron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Biron?

Benigna Gottlieb von Trotha gt Treyden, Baltic German noblewoman. duchess of Courland (1703-1782).

Where is the surname Biron most common?

Wikidata records people named Biron in Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.

Is the surname Biron getting more or less common?

More common. 1,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,793 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Biron

A surname, carried by 1,793 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Biron is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,793 people named Biron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,195 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,713.

#16,136

rank among US surnames

1,793

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,661)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,130	Dickison	1,794	172,099
#16,136	Bastidas	1,793	172,195

Who is named Biron

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

89% of people named Biron identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Birons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Benigna Gottlieb von Trotha gt Treyden
Baltic German noblewoman. duchess of Courland (1703-1782)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Biron

Biron has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Questions

How common is the surname Biron?: 1,793 people in the United States had the surname Biron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,195 Americans. It ranked 16,136th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Biron?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Biron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Biron?: Benigna Gottlieb von Trotha gt Treyden, Baltic German noblewoman. duchess of Courland (1703-1782).
Where is the surname Biron most common?: Wikidata records people named Biron in Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.
Is the surname Biron getting more or less common?: More common. 1,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,793 in 2010, up 4.7%.