Explore the Family Name Biehle

The meaning of Biehle

1. German: possibly a topographic name from Biel ‘sloping rock’, or a habitational name from any of several places called Bielau, in Silesia, or Biehla in eastern Germany, or Biele on the Oder river. 2. German (Westphalia): topographic name for someone who lived by a field that had the shape of a hatchet, from Middle Low German bīl ‘hatchet, axe’. 3. Germanized form of Sorbian Běla, B’ela, or Běła, B’eła (see Bela 3).

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How common is the last name Biehle in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Biehle has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the Biehle surname ranked 41,657 in popularity and rose to 42,790 in 2010, indicating a 2.72% drop. Despite this change in rank, the count of individuals with the Biehle surname increased by 2.85%, growing from 492 in 2000 to 506 in 2010. However, the proportion of the Biehle surname per 100,000 people decreased by 5.56%, going from 0.18 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,657	#42,790	-2.72%
Count	492	506	2.85%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Biehle

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that most individuals with the Biehle surname identify as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 96.54% in 2000 to 93.08% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase, rising from 2.64% in 2000 to 6.52% in 2010. The data showed no change for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or belonging to two or more races, maintaining at 0.00%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.54%	93.08%	-3.58%
Hispanic	2.64%	6.52%	146.97%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%