Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Biros

    A Greek surname, carried by 529 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Biros: #41,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Biros #41,164, 529 people Biros: #41,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Biros #41,164, 529 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Biros is more common than 74.6% of them.

    Origin

    Greek origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Greek Μπίρος (Bíros), a relationship surname from Albanian bir (“son”). * Borrowed from Polish Biroś, perhaps related to the Slovak surname. * Borrowed from Slovak Biroš or Bíroš, variants of Bíreš.

    One of 45 Greek surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 529 people named Biros in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 583,640 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 497.

    #41,164
    rank among US surnames
    529
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #41,320)

    Who is named Biros

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

    96% of people named Biros identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Biros

    Biros has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Other Greek surnames

    All 45 Greek surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Biros come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Greek Μπίρος (Bíros), a relationship surname from Albanian bir (“son”). * Borrowed from Polish Biroś, perhaps related to the Slovak surname. * Borrowed from Slovak Biroš or Bíroš, variants of Bíreš.
    How common is the surname Biros?
    529 people in the United States had the surname Biros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 583,640 Americans. It ranked 41,164th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Biros?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Biros identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Biros getting more or less common?
    More common. 497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 529 in 2010, up 6.4%.