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Bieber Surname Meaning

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German biber, German Biber, or Yiddish biber ‘beaver’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way or a topographic name for someone who lived in a place frequented by beavers or by a field named with this word.

Alternatively, it may be a habitational name from any of various placenames in Hesse containing this element. As a Jewish name, it is largely artificial.

This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Beaber, Beaver, and Beeber.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Bieber families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bieber family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Bieber families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 9 Bieber families living in Saskatchewan. This was about 26% of all the recorded Bieber's in Canada. Saskatchewan had the highest population of Bieber families in 1911.

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Between 1956 and 2004, in the United States, Bieber life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1959, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Bieber in 1956 was 54, and 78 in 2004.

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