The Bian surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 709 people carried this name — #32,438 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 74% from 407 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Bian.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Finistère.
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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Bian 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).
Who carried it
People named Bian,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bian Zhizhang d. 1130
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Bian Shi d. 1205
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Bian Naisheng d. 1860
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Bian Congshi d. 858
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Bian Tui d. 917
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Bian Xi d. 917
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bian.
- Biagini 725 · U.S. census
- Biagioli 144 · U.S. census
- Biagioni 320 · U.S. census
- Bial 102 · U.S. census
- Bialas 877 · U.S. census
- Bialek 1,120 · U.S. census
- Bianchetti 114 · U.S. census
- Bianchi 8,284 · U.S. census
- Bianchini 1,476 · U.S. census
- Bianco 15,278 · U.S. census
- Biancone 112 · U.S. census
- Bianconi 343 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bian is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.