The Bird surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 33,962 people carried this name — #944 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,940 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Bird.
Most of them — 38 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Bird live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Bird.
- Bintz 465 · U.S. census
- Biondi 2,085 · U.S. census
- Biondo 2,701 · U.S. census
- Bir 517 · U.S. census
- Birchler 520 · U.S. census
- Birck 145 · U.S. census
- Birgel 103 · U.S. census
- Birgy 174 · U.S. census
- Biri 191 · U.S. census
- Biringer 207 · U.S. census
- Birkel 500 · U.S. census
- Birkenstock 148 · U.S. census
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