How common is the surname Beyer?

18,641 people in the United States had the surname Beyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,563 Americans. It ranked 1,937th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beyer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Beyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beyer?

Brad Beyer, American actor, followed by Don Beyer.

Where is the surname Beyer most common?

Wikidata records people named Beyer in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Beyer getting more or less common?

More common. 17,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,641 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Beyer

A German surname, carried by 18,641 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beyer is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 18,641 people named Beyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,563 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,910.

#1,937

rank among US surnames

18,641

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,843)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,928	Gold	18,698	16,512
#1,929	Laird	18,696	16,514
#1,930	Lacey	18,691	16,518
#1,931	Christie	18,681	16,527
#1,932	Pack	18,678	16,530
#1,933	Vidal	18,677	16,531
#1,934	Kiser	18,674	16,533

Who is named Beyer

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

95% of people named Beyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beyers

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brad Beyer
American actor, born 1973
Don Beyer
American politician and diplomat (born 1950)
Troy Beyer
American actor, screenwriter and director, born 1964
Emil Beyer
American gymnast (1876–1934)
Chad Beyer
American racing cyclist, born 1986
Eugen Beyer
Austrian Feldmarschalleutnant (1882-1940)
H. Otley Beyer
American anthropologist (1883–1966)
Johanna Beyer
American composer (1888–1944)
Dick Beyer
American professional wrestler, 1930–2019

Notable Beyers come mostly from the United States (8) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beyer

Beyer 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 Beyer come from?: Beyer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Beyer?: 18,641 people in the United States had the surname Beyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,563 Americans. It ranked 1,937th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beyer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Beyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beyer?: Brad Beyer, American actor, followed by Don Beyer.
Where is the surname Beyer most common?: Wikidata records people named Beyer in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Beyer getting more or less common?: More common. 17,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,641 in 2010, up 4.1%.