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    The surname Cayer

    A surname, carried by 1,265 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C600

    Cayer: #20,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cayer #20,852, 1,265 people Cayer: #20,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cayer #20,852, 1,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cayer is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,265 people named Cayer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.

    #20,852
    rank among US surnames
    1,265
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,638)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Cayer

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

    95% of people named Cayer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    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 Cayer

    Cayer has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cayer?
    1,265 people in the United States had the surname Cayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. It ranked 20,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cayer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Cayer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,265 in 2010, up 13%.