# Archer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/archer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a bowman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 34,949 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,000 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,834 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (33,411 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Archer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Archer in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Barbados and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Archer

- Anne Archer, American actress
- Beverly Archer, actress from the United States
- John Archer, American actor (1915-1999)
- Simon Archer, badminton player
- Mary Archer, British chemist (born 1944)
- William Reynolds Archer, American politician
- Chris Archer, American baseball player
- Mike Archer, Australian paleontologist
- Jofra Archer, Barbadian-English cricketer
- William S. Archer, American politician (1789-1855)
- Wes Archer, American television animation director
- Dennis Archer, 67th Mayor of Detroit

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Arcuri.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.