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    The surname Bayer

    A German surname, carried by 10,544 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B600

    Bayer: #3,389 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bayer #3,389, 10,544 people Bayer: #3,389 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bayer #3,389, 10,544 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bayer is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Bayer. The surname is converged from both Bavaria and Middle High German beieren (“to ring a bell”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,544 people named Bayer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,282 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,246.

    #3,389
    rank among US surnames
    10,544
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14%
    change since 2000 (was #3,529)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,380McIntire10,56629,221
    #3,381Pullen10,56529,223
    #3,382Phelan10,56229,232
    #3,383Charlton10,55529,251
    #3,385Vail10,55429,254
    #3,386Schrock10,54929,268
    #3,387Iglesias10,54629,276

    Who is named Bayer

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

    95% of people named Bayer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bayers

    12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Herbert Bayer
      Austrian architect, photographer, graphic and typographer (1900-1985)
    • Vanessa Bayer
      American actress and comedian, born 1981
    • Carole Bayer Sager
      American lyricist, singer and songwriter, born 1944
    • Samuel Bayer
      American film editor and cinematographer, born 1962
    • Konrad Bayer
      Austrian writer and poet (1932–1964)
    • Ernest Bayer
      American rower (1904–1997)
    • Carl Josef Bayer
      Austrian chemist (1847–1904)
    • Josef Bayer
      Austrian composer (1852-1913)
    • Bryce Bayer
      American physicist and inventor of the Bayer filter, 1929–2012
    • Osvaldo Bayer
      Argentine journalist, historian and writer (1927-2018)
    • Tobias Bayer
      Austrian racing cyclist, born 1999
    • Valentin Bayer
      Austrian swimmer, born 1999

    Notable Bayers come mostly from the United States (5), Austria (4) and Austria–Hungary (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bayer

    Bayer has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bayer come from?
    Borrowed from German Bayer. The surname is converged from both Bavaria and Middle High German beieren (“to ring a bell”).
    How common is the surname Bayer?
    10,544 people in the United States had the surname Bayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,282 Americans. It ranked 3,389th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bayer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bayer?
    Herbert Bayer, Austrian architect, photographer, graphic and typographer (1900-1985), followed by Vanessa Bayer.
    Where is the surname Bayer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bayer in the United States, Austria and Austria–Hungary and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Bayer getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,544 in 2010, up 14%.