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

Birchmeier, 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 Birchmeier surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Birchmeier in America

Birchmeier is the 33121st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Birchmeier surname appeared 691 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Birchmeier.

We can also compare 2010 data for Birchmeier 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 Birchmeier

The surname BIRCHMEIER is of German origin, tracing its roots back to the Middle Ages. It is a locational surname, derived from the Middle High German words "birche" meaning birch tree and "meier" meaning a steward or bailiff. This suggests that the name originally referred to someone who lived near or worked as a steward in an area with birch trees.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the town records of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a medieval town in Bavaria, Germany. In the year 1387, a man named Hans Birchmeier is mentioned as a landowner in the town's archives.

The name also appears in various other historical documents from the 14th to 16th centuries in different parts of southern Germany, such as Württemberg, Baden, and the Palatinate region. This indicates that the name was widely spread across these areas during the late medieval and early modern periods.

In the 16th century, a notable figure with the name BIRCHMEIER was Johannes Birchmeier, a Protestant theologian and reformer from Esslingen am Neckar, Württemberg. He lived from 1528 to 1587 and was a prominent figure in the Protestant Reformation movement in southern Germany.

Another historical figure with this surname was Johann Jakob Birchmeier, a Swiss painter and engraver born in Bern in 1690. He was known for his religious paintings and engravings, and his works can be found in various churches and museums in Switzerland.

In the 19th century, the name BIRCHMEIER appears in several records related to the German migration to the United States. One example is Johann Birchmeier, who was born in Württemberg in 1832 and immigrated to Ohio in the 1850s, where he worked as a farmer.

Another notable person with this surname was Ernst Birchmeier, a Swiss architect and urban planner born in 1887. He was involved in the construction of several important buildings and urban projects in Switzerland during the early 20th century.

These examples illustrate the long history and wide geographical distribution of the surname BIRCHMEIER, which can be traced back to its origins in medieval Germany and its spread throughout various regions of Europe and eventually to other parts of the world through migration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Birchmeier

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

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

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