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The Bieber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,301 people carried this name — #7,717 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,294).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bieber surname

Jewish and German surname, from the name Bieber, itself from an old form of modern Biber (“beaver”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bieber» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 660 people named Bieber.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Bas-Rhin 347
Moselle 140
Meurthe-et-Moselle 44
Paris 25
Seine-et-Marne 20
Marne 19
Meuse 6
Seine-Saint-Denis 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

167 people named Bieber live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Solothurn 34
Aargau 32
Zurich 29
Lucerne 18
Bern 12
Basel-Landschaft 9
Graubünden 9
St. Gallen 6

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 42 people named Bieber 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 27
Santa Fe 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Bieber in American newspapers,
1896–1914.

Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Bieber
The Philipsburg Mail 1896-12-18
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Bieber
The Milwaukee Leader 1914-10-14
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Bieber
The Milwaukee Leader 1914-06-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,374 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bieber,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emilie Bieber
    Emilie Bieber 1810–1884 · photographer
  • Leonard Berlin
    Leonard Berlin 1841–1931 · photographer
  • Hanna Bieber-Böhm
    Hanna Bieber-Böhm 1851–1910 · writer
  • Otto Bieber d. 1917 · military personnel
  • Lubos Bieber d. 2025 · entomologist
  • Gregor Bieber 1603–1659 · head teacher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bieber.

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