The Lier surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 279 people carried this name — #66,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
169 people named Lier live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 150 people named Lier 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.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 142 people named Lier.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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
80 people named Lier have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 111 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 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
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lier.
- Liechty 1,280 · U.S. census
- Liegey 181 · U.S. census
- Lienard 114 · U.S. census
- Lienhard 554 · U.S. census
- Lienhardt 137 · U.S. census
- Lienhart 382 · U.S. census
- Liermann 394 · U.S. census
- Lies 1,153 · U.S. census
- Liess 258 · U.S. census
- Liesse 155 · U.S. census
- Lietaert 110 · U.S. census
- Lieu 2,933 · U.S. census
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