The Biro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,241 people carried this name — #13,536 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 231% from 677 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
194 people named Biro live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Biro.
Most of them — 54 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Aude.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 38 people named Biro 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
176 people named Biro 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).
In print
Biro in American newspapers,
1900–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 96,513 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Biro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arie Biro 1927–2006 · military officer -
Daniel Biro 1963– · composer -
David Biro 1964– · physician -
Brandon Biro 1998– · ice hockey player -
Sophie Biro 1873–1943
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Theresia Biro 1884–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 26 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Biro.
- Biringer 138 · U.S. census
- Birkel 537 · U.S. census
- Birkenstock 168 · U.S. census
- Birkle 383 · U.S. census
- Birling 136 · U.S. census
- Birnbaum 3,211 · U.S. census
- Biron 1,793 · U.S. census
- Biros 529 · U.S. census
- Birr 981 · U.S. census
- Birrer 277 · U.S. census
- Bis 358 · U.S. census
- Bisbal 157 · U.S. census
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