# Byers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/byers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,174 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,087 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,596 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (31,299 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bires |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Byers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Byers in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Byers

- Trai Byers, American actor
- Nina Byers, American physicist (1930-2014)
- Grace Byers, American-Caymanian actress
- George Byers, association football player
- Dremiel Byers, American wrestler

## Similar surnames

Byars, Beyers, Boyers, Bowers, Beers, Béres, Brooks, Burke, Brock, Briggs, Bruce, Berg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.