Bier surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,320 people carried this name — #13,177 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,253 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 425 people named Bier.

22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Moselle 218
Bas-Rhin 66
Meurthe-et-Moselle 27
Vosges 16
Paris 14
Aveyron 13
Pyrénées-Orientales 13
Somme 5

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

In Poland’s population register

54 people named Bier have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 80 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Silesian 45
Lesser Poland 5
Masovian 2
Podlaskie 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

46 people named Bier live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Zurich 21
Basel-Landschaft 5
Lucerne 5
Bern 4
Basel-Stadt 4
St. Gallen 4
Aargau 3

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 26 people named Bier 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.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 15
Entre Ríos 11

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

In print

Bier in American newspapers,
1800–1901.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Bier
The Butte Inter Mountain 1901-06-14
Newspaper page from Jenks's Portland Gazette carrying the name Bier
Jenks's Portland Gazette 1800-01-06
Newspaper page from The United States Oracle Of The Day carrying the name Bier
The United States Oracle Of The Day 1800-01-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 429,814 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • August Bier
    August Bier 1861–1949 · physician
  • Václav Bier 1837–1913 · writer
  • Woldemar Bier 1840–1906 · pedagogue
  • Helene Bier 1859–1942
  • Ida Bier 1860–1942
  • Emil Bier 1869–1940

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bier.

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