How common is the surname Ayer?

3,415 people in the United States had the surname Ayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,409 Americans. It ranked 9,520th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ayer?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Ayer?

David Ayer, American filmmaker, followed by Margaret Ayer Barnes.

Where is the surname Ayer most common?

Wikidata records people named Ayer in the United States.

How do you pronounce Ayer?

Ayer is /ˈɛɚ/ ~ /ˈɛɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Ayer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,415 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Ayer

A surname, carried by 3,415 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛɚ/ ~ /ˈɛɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex A600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ayer is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun heir. * Also as an English surname, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle English personal name Aier, from Proto-West Germanic *Agihari, from *agi (“fear”) + *hari (“army”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hair.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,415 people named Ayer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,409 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,353.

#9,520

rank among US surnames

3,415

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,968)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,511	Thibeault	3,417	90,356
#9,515	Hord	3,416	90,382
#9,520	Mikesell	3,415	90,409
#9,524	Dinger	3,414	90,435
#9,525	Ang	3,413	90,462
#9,527	Catania	3,412	90,488
#9,529	Khang	3,411	90,515

Who is named Ayer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Ayer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ayers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Ayer
American filmmaker, born 1968
Margaret Ayer Barnes
American playwright, novelist, short story writer (1886–1967)
Elizabeth Ayer
American architect, 1897–1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ayre

Surnames that sound like Ayer

Auer

Ayer has the Soundex code A600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A600.

Questions

Where does the surname Ayer come from?: * As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun heir. * Also as an English surname, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle English personal name Aier, from Proto-West Germanic *Agihari, from *agi (“fear”) + *hari (“army”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hair.
How common is the surname Ayer?: 3,415 people in the United States had the surname Ayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,409 Americans. It ranked 9,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ayer?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Ayer?: David Ayer, American filmmaker, followed by Margaret Ayer Barnes.
Where is the surname Ayer most common?: Wikidata records people named Ayer in the United States.
How do you pronounce Ayer?: Ayer is /ˈɛɚ/ ~ /ˈɛɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Ayer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,415 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Ayer?: Ayre.