How common is the surname Byer?

3,224 people in the United States had the surname Byer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,765 Americans. It ranked 9,998th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Byer?

Robert L. Byer, American physicist.

Where is the surname Byer most common?

Wikidata records people named Byer in the United States.

Is the surname Byer getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,224 in 2010, down 7.9%.

The surname Byer

A surname, carried by 3,224 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). Byer is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,224 people named Byer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,765 Americans. That is down 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,499.

#9,998

rank among US surnames

3,224

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-7.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,647)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,991	Leek	3,228	95,646
#9,994	Shoaf	3,227	95,676
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765
#10,001	Dubon	3,223	95,794
#10,006	Cortinas	3,222	95,824

Who is named Byer

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

85% of people named Byer identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Byers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert L. Byer
American physicist, born 1942

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Byer

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

Questions

How common is the surname Byer?: 3,224 people in the United States had the surname Byer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,765 Americans. It ranked 9,998th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Byer?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Byer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Byer?: Robert L. Byer, American physicist.
Where is the surname Byer most common?: Wikidata records people named Byer in the United States.
Is the surname Byer getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,224 in 2010, down 7.9%.