Birnbaum Surname

47,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,968 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Birnbaum Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Pear-Tree [Ger. birne, a pear, is really a pl. form; O.H.Ger. bira, from Latin pir-um, a pear + Ger. baum, a tree: see under Baum]

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Birnbaum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3181:68,1577,925
Germany2,5161:31,9974,220
Israel1,5951:5,365802
Canada2191:168,24516,926
Poland2011:189,09825,586
France1461:454,95065,144
Austria1411:60,3939,409
Estonia881:15,0202,406
Luxembourg711:8,1771,280
England691:807,50843,459
Denmark601:94,0798,936
Czechia591:180,22826,726
Argentina581:736,95549,943
Romania571:352,24330,194
Australia551:490,83137,357
Belgium441:261,28731,734
Switzerland411:200,31517,548
Hungary291:338,49224,545
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Finland71:785,24338,644
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
China31:455,773,85521,925
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
East Timor11:1,215,928507
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1251:401,74929,788

Birnbaum (19) may also be a first name.

Birnbaum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Pear-Tree [Ger. birne, a pear, is really a pl. form; O.H.Ger. bira, from Latin pir-um, a pear + Ger. baum, a tree: see under Baum]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Poland. Literally “Pear Tree” in German. Miedzychod, in Polish, Compare Plumtree in Rhodesia.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) Dweller near the pear tree; one who came from Birnbaum, now in Poland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a house sign) or (from a place name) or (from the name of a male ancestor) The most common derivation is from the Frankfurt ghetto house No. 167 that had the sign of a pear tree (Birnbaum). There is also a town named Birnbaum in the Prussian-Polish province of Posen and about 10 percent of the Jewish Birnbaums come from there. Finally, some Jews with the name Ber selected Birnbaum, which is sometimes rendered as Berenbaum.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Birnbaum (from Middle High German, bir, meaning 'pear' and boum, meaning 'tree') is a German and Ashkenazi last name. It is a topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree, but was mostly applied as an ornamental name.

- tommyleicher

Birnbaum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Birnbaum Come From? nationality or country of origin

Birnbaum (Russian: Бирнбаум) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Birnbaum.

How Common Is The Last Name Birnbaum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 47,213th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 664,437 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Birnbaum are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Birnbaum is also the 2,523,061st most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 19 people.

The last name Birnbaum is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5,318 people, or 1 in 68,157. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 28 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and New Jersey, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 50 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 23 percent are found and Israel, where 15 percent are found.

Birnbaum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Birnbaum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Birnbaum last name increased 4,254 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 493 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birnbaum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Birnbaum last name are 40.79% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.02% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Birnbaum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.85% more than the national average, earning R 451,164 per year; in United States they earn 26% more than the national average, earning $54,367 USD per year and in Canada they earn 63.69% more than the national average, earning $81,326 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Birnbaum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Birnbaum in the Russian language
Бирнбаумbirnbaum-

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