Biber Surname
Approximately 12,955 people bear this surname
Biber Surname User-submission:
A German surname, meaning 'pepper', as in the food condiment.
Biber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 5,908 | 1:13,172 | 1,674 |
| Germany | 1,996 | 1:40,333 | 5,323 |
| Russia | 1,201 | 1:120,003 | 14,366 |
| United States | 883 | 1:410,486 | 35,724 |
| Austria | 538 | 1:15,828 | 2,356 |
| Poland | 468 | 1:81,215 | 12,604 |
| Switzerland | 315 | 1:26,073 | 4,056 |
| Australia | 219 | 1:123,268 | 13,526 |
| Hungary | 189 | 1:51,938 | 5,519 |
| Croatia | 173 | 1:24,443 | 5,084 |
| France | 172 | 1:386,179 | 57,106 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 164 | 1:21,563 | 3,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 100 | 1:176,825 | 17,012 |
| Canada | 93 | 1:396,189 | 35,081 |
| Slovenia | 77 | 1:32,307 | 6,410 |
| Serbia | 62 | 1:115,241 | 8,826 |
| Argentina | 47 | 1:909,434 | 58,335 |
| Belarus | 45 | 1:211,135 | 26,436 |
| Israel | 38 | 1:225,201 | 21,188 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Tajikistan | 19 | 1:441,405 | 3,172 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Moldova | 13 | 1:273,951 | 23,172 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95 | 1:528,618 | 36,719 |
The alternate forms: Bíber (41) are calculated separately.
Biber (192) may also be a first name.
Biber Surname Meaning
Biber Demographics
Average Male Biber Height
173.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Biber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Biber (Georgian: ბიბერ, Oriya: ବିେବର, Russian: Бибер) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Bíber. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Biber? popularity and diffusion
Biber is the 40,456th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 562,528 people. Biber occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Biber are found; 38 percent are found in West Asia and 38 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 655,603rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 192 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 5,908 people, or 1 in 13,172. In Turkey Biber is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 28 percent live, Ankara Province, where 8 percent live and Kahramanmaras Province, where 6 percent live. Excluding Turkey Biber is found in 75 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.
Biber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Biber has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Biber surname grew 929 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Biber Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (72%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Biber surname are 33.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 86.81% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Biber earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 457.41% more than the national average, earning S/. 108,054 per year; in United States they earn 17.82% more than the national average, earning $50,840 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning $52,880 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Biber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Biber in the Georgian language | ||
| ბიბერ | biber | - |
| Biber in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିେବର | biebara | - |
| Biber in the Russian language | ||
| Бибер | biber | - |
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Biber Reference & Research
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Biber
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