How common is the surname Byers?

32,174 people in the United States had the surname Byers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,596 Americans. It ranked 1,087th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Byers?

Trai Byers, American actor, followed by Nina Byers.

Where is the surname Byers most common?

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

Is the surname Byers getting more or less common?

More common. 31,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,174 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Byers

A surname, carried by 32,174 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Byers is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 32,174 people named Byers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,596 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,299.

#1,087

rank among US surnames

32,174

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,022)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,078	Osborn	32,439	9,518
#1,079	Carver	32,415	9,525
#1,080	Lancaster	32,362	9,540
#1,081	Goff	32,298	9,559
#1,082	Zapata	32,274	9,566
#1,083	Fulton	32,258	9,571
#1,084	Kang	32,221	9,582

Who is named Byers

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

81% of people named Byers identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Byerss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Trai Byers
American actor, born 1983
Nina Byers
American physicist (1930-2014)
Grace Byers
American-Caymanian actress, born 1984
George Byers
Association football player, born 1996
Dremiel Byers
American wrestler, born 1974

Notable Byerss come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bires

Surnames that sound like Byers

Byers has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

How common is the surname Byers?: 32,174 people in the United States had the surname Byers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,596 Americans. It ranked 1,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Byers?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Byers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Byers?: Trai Byers, American actor, followed by Nina Byers.
Where is the surname Byers most common?: Wikidata records people named Byers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Byers getting more or less common?: More common. 31,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,174 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Byers?: Bires.