The Bien surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,873 people carried this name — #14,574 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted.
In Poland’s population register
4,357 people named Bien have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,792 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Bien.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Bien live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bien.
- Biel 2,131 · U.S. census
- Bielak 570 · U.S. census
- Bielawski 1,090 · U.S. census
- Bielecki 1,468 · U.S. census
- Bieler 698 · U.S. census
- Bielli 112 · U.S. census
- Bienaime 1,332 · U.S. census
- Bienkowski 645 · U.S. census
- Bienvenu 895 · U.S. census
- Bienvenue 426 · U.S. census
- Bier 2,253 · U.S. census
- Bierce 391 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bien is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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