The Bilger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,771 people carried this name — #16,284 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,667 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 869 people named Bilger.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
146 people named Bilger live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
31 people named Bilger 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 Bilger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans von Worms 1445–1523 · sculptor
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Johann Friedrich Bilger 1625–1708
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Johann Friedrich Bilger 1654–1717 · physician
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Daniel Bilger 1713–1792 · pedagogue
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Ignatz Bilger 1793–1840 · skilled trade
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Eduard Bilger 1804–1883 · land agent
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bilger.
When the index is not enough
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