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

Biederman, 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 Biederman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Biederman in America

Biederman is the 17311th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Biederman surname appeared 1,635 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Biederman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Biederman 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 Biederman

The surname BIEDERMAN is of German origin, derived from the Middle High German words "bider" and "man," which together mean "honest man." It first appeared in the historical records around the 13th century in the region of Bavaria, Germany.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of medieval documents from the Kingdom of Saxony, dating back to the 14th century. The name is mentioned in reference to a landowner named Biederman von Rothenburg in 1367.

In the 15th century, the BIEDERMAN name gained prominence in the city of Nuremberg, where several members of the family held prominent positions in the local government and guilds. Notably, Hans BIEDERMAN (1456-1521) was a respected merchant and councilor in Nuremberg, known for his involvement in the city's affairs.

During the 16th century, the BIEDERMAN family spread to other parts of Germany, including the regions of Saxony and Thuringia. One notable figure from this period was Johann BIEDERMAN (1532-1599), a Lutheran theologian and author from Saxony, who published several works on theology and church history.

In the 17th century, the BIEDERMAN name appeared in the records of the German settlement in Pennsylvania, United States. Christoph BIEDERMAN (1638-1718) was one of the earliest settlers of Germantown, Pennsylvania, arriving in 1683 as part of the Frankfort Land Company.

Another notable figure with the BIEDERMAN surname was Friedrich Karl BIEDERMAN (1812-1901), a German philosopher and educator who served as the director of the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. He was known for his contributions to the field of pedagogy and his advocacy for vocational education.

Other historical figures with the BIEDERMAN surname include Johann Jakob BIEDERMAN (1763-1830), a Swiss painter and engraver renowned for his landscape paintings, and Gustav BIEDERMAN (1860-1917), a German architect and urban planner who worked on several projects in Berlin and other German cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Biederman

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

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 Biederman 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 Biederman 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 Biederman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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