Biehl is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Biehl
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

One who came from Buhl or Buhler meaning "small hill," in Germany.

Biehl is a variant form of the Biel. One who came from Buhl or Buhler meaning "small hill," in Germany.

Biehl is variant form of Beeler. Dweller on, or near, a hill.

How popular is Biehl?

Biehl is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Denmark.

Biehl is ranked 49430 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Biehl bearers increased by 1.44 per cent in 2010 US census to 2894 since 2000, the surname slipped by 647 spots and ranked at 10987. The last name was found in around 10 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.06 96.67
Hispanic or Latino 1.49 1.33
Others 1.07 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.69 0.35
Black 0.41 0.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.28
Biehl is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 10414 people have been found who wears Biehl as their family name. Biehl is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Biehl:
2,056 Germany5,164
9,943 United States4,108
Countries with hundreds of Biehl:
14,637 Brazil559
3,013 Denmark194
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
45,466 Canada68
58,308 South Africa60
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
138,595 France47
16,652 Sweden41
30,255 Austria33
13,415 Chile33
4,722 Luxembourg23
70,688 Australia20
40,624 Switzerland14
70,951 Netherlands14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
50,907 Norway7
50,495 Mexico7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Carl Biehl hailed from Hessen. 6 years old embarked for Philadelphia from Bremen on Agnes and arrived on April 9, 1852. Farmer Elisabeth Biehl, Friedrich Biehl (10), Georg Biehl, Julie Biehl, aged 8, Lorenz Biehl (35) Farmer, 18 years old Anna Biehl, Farmer Max Biehl, Rosine Biehl, aged 28, and 101 other Biehl around 40% of whom were farmer while others worked as servant and cigar maker, tailor, shoemaker, laborer, carpenter migrated to US from Bremen, London and Liverpool.

Biehl Namesakes

  • João Biehl, is Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University
  • Janet Biehl, American political writer
  • Amy Biehl, white American graduate of Stanford University and an Anti-Apartheid activist

Biehl Namesakes

  • João Biehl, is Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University
  • Janet Biehl, American political writer
  • Amy Biehl, white American graduate of Stanford University and an Anti-Apartheid activist

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