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

Bierman, 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 Bierman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bierman in America

Bierman is the 6673rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bierman surname appeared 5,064 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 Bierman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bierman 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 Bierman

The surname BIERMAN originated in Germany and the Netherlands in the late medieval period. It is derived from the Middle Low German words "bier" meaning beer and "man" meaning man, so it likely referred to someone who brewed or sold beer.

Some of the earliest known records of the BIERMAN name come from town records and tax rolls in northern Germany and the Low Countries in the 15th and 16th centuries. Spelling variations included Biermann, Beerman, Berman, and Bierman.

In the 16th century, the name BIERMAN appeared in church records in the Dutch city of Haarlem. An early bearer was Jan Bierman, born around 1530 in Haarlem. His son Pieter Bierman was a prominent brewer in the city in the late 1500s.

The BIERMAN name spread across northern Europe in later centuries as people migrated. An early American bearer was Johan Dieterich Bierman, born in 1695 in Wurttemberg, Germany. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1749 with his wife and children.

Other notable people with the surname BIERMAN include Friedrich Biermann (1834-1884), a German historian and philosopher born in Greussen, Thuringia. Willy Biermann (1915-1987) was a German naval officer who received the Knight's Cross during World War II. Maria Biermann (1909-1996) was a German botanist and academic born in Cologne. Godert Willem Bierman (1894-1980) was a Dutch rower who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bierman

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

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

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