The Bir surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 558 people carried this name — #39,419 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 517 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bir surname
Borrowed from Punjabi ਬੀਰ (bīr).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bir» (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 151 people named Bir.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
66 people named Bir have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 90 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Bir,
with a public archive behind them.
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Çevik Bir 1939– · soldier -
Rosette Bir 1926–1993 · sculptor
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Jacqueline Bir 1934– · actor
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Jacqueline Bir 1934– · actor
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Gerhard Achilles Bir 1954–
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Avnita Bir 1957– · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bir.
- Bini 364 · U.S. census
- Binkowski 1,012 · U.S. census
- Binninger 120 · U.S. census
- Bintz 398 · U.S. census
- Biondi 2,209 · U.S. census
- Biondo 2,738 · U.S. census
- Birchler 602 · U.S. census
- Birck 165 · U.S. census
- Bird 33,457 · U.S. census
- Birgel 103 · U.S. census
- Birgy 167 · U.S. census
- Biri 197 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bir is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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