Find out how popular the last name Beiler is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Beiler.

Beiler, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Beiler surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Beiler in America

Beiler is the 5323rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Beiler surname appeared 6,549 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Beiler.

We can also compare 2010 data for Beiler to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Beiler

The surname BEILER is of German origin, specifically from the Bavarian region. It is believed to have originated in the late medieval period, around the 14th or 15th century. The name is thought to be derived from the German word "Beilen," which means "to hew" or "to chop," referring to a woodcutter or a lumberjack.

The earliest recorded instances of the name BEILER can be found in various German and Bavarian records from the 16th and 17th centuries. One notable example is Johann BEILER, a farmer and woodcutter who lived in the village of Schwandorf, Bavaria, in the late 16th century.

Another early reference to the name BEILER can be found in the church records of Regensburg, a city in Bavaria, where a certain Hans BEILER is mentioned as a resident in the year 1621.

During the 18th century, the BEILER surname began to spread beyond Bavaria as people migrated to other parts of Germany and Europe. One prominent figure from this time was Johann Friedrich BEILER, a Lutheran pastor who lived in Saxony between 1712 and 1786.

In the 19th century, the BEILER name also found its way to North America, particularly in the United States and Canada, as German immigrants sought new opportunities in the New World. One notable BEILER from this era was Johann Heinrich BEILER, who was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1824 and later emigrated to Pennsylvania, where he worked as a farmer and carpenter.

Another significant figure was Jacob BEILER, born in 1832 in Baden, Germany. He immigrated to Canada in the 1850s and became a successful farmer and businessman in the province of Ontario.

Other notable individuals with the surname BEILER include:

1. Wilhelm BEILER (1847-1922), a German writer and poet from Bavaria.
2. Margarethe BEILER (1876-1947), a German painter and artist known for her landscape paintings.
3. Theodor BEILER (1889-1965), a German-American scientist and engineer who worked on the development of early aviation technology.
4. Hans BEILER (1905-1984), a German-Swiss architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Zurich and Basel.
5. Ingrid BEILER (1933-2018), a German author and children's book writer who published numerous works in the latter half of the 20th century.

While the BEILER surname has its roots in Bavaria and other parts of Germany, it has since spread worldwide, carried by generations of emigrants and their descendants.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Beiler

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Beiler.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Beiler was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Beiler has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Beiler was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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