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    The surname Bryer

    A surname, carried by 1,609 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B660

    Bryer: #17,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bryer #17,516, 1,609 people Bryer: #17,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bryer #17,516, 1,609 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bryer is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,609 people named Bryer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,887 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,716.

    #17,516
    rank among US surnames
    1,609
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,640)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,516Sliva1,609191,887
    #17,521Frasher1,608192,006

    Who is named Bryer

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

    90% of people named Bryer identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bryer

    Bryer has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bryer?
    1,609 people in the United States had the surname Bryer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,887 Americans. It ranked 17,516th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bryer?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bryer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bryer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,609 in 2010, down 6.2%.