Explore the Family Name Birman

The meaning of Birman

1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Bierman. 2. Americanized form of German Biermann. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Yakov, Amnon, Anat, Gitla, Isak. Russian Igor, Leonid, Vladimir, Betya, Boris, Grigoriy, Lev, Lilya, Oksana, Vyacheslav.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Birman saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it held the rank of 35,003 amongst all surnames but fell to 37,125 by 2010, marking a 6.06% decrease. The number of individuals with this surname also dropped slightly, from 610 in 2000 to 601 in 2010, a decline of 1.48%. The proportion of Birmans per 100k people in the U.S. population decreased by 13.04%, from 0.23 to 0.2 over the same time period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,003	#37,125	-6.06%
Count	610	601	-1.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Birman

Looking at the ethnicity breakdown from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of people with the Birman surname identified as White in both 2000 (93.11%) and 2010 (94.51%), showing a slight increase of 1.5%. Furthermore, there was an increase in the number of Birmans identifying as Black or belonging to two or more races, with these categories both moving from 0% in 2000 to 1% in 2010. Notably, there was a significant decrease of 40.42% in those identifying as Hispanic, dropping from 4.75% in 2000 to 2.83% in 2010. No Birmans identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.11%	94.51%	1.5%
Hispanic	4.75%	2.83%	-40.42%
Two or More Races	0.82%	1%	21.95%
Black	0%	1%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.82%	0%	0%