The Beer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,931 people carried this name — #5,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,743 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,313 people named Beer live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
412 people named Beer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 555 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 188 people named Beer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Beer.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 63 people named Beer live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
115 people named Beer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Beer in American newspapers,
1908–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,247,327 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Beer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Moses Shabbethai Beer d. 1835 · rabbi
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Hippolyte Beer d. 1855 · physician
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J. de Beer d. 1777 · artist
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Frank Beer d. 1915 · soldier
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Cerf Beer d. 1885
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Elia Beer d. 1460
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beer.
- Bedon 215 · U.S. census
- Bedoni 175 · U.S. census
- Bedrossian 467 · U.S. census
- Bee 4,480 · U.S. census
- Beels 184 · U.S. census
- Beenen 115 · U.S. census
- Beerens 129 · U.S. census
- Befort 545 · U.S. census
- Begay 17,553 · U.S. census
- Begel 105 · U.S. census
- Begey 109 · U.S. census
- Begin 2,644 · U.S. census
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