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    The surname Dyer

    An occupational surname, carried by 47,170 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dyer is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter. * As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.

    Dyer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 47,170 people named Dyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,545 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 46,574.

    #742
    rank among US surnames
    47,170
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #671)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #733Stephenson47,6416,481
    #734Snow47,5286,496
    #735Huerta47,4556,506
    #736Preston47,3676,518
    #737Vance47,3246,524
    #738Barry47,2746,531
    #739Johns47,2466,535

    Who is named Dyer

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

    83% of people named Dyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dyers

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Natalia Dyer
      American actress (born 1997)
    • Wayne Dyer
      American writer (1940-2015)
    • Hector Dyer
      Athletics competitor (1910–1990)
    • William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
      British botanist (1843-1928)
    • Chris Dyer
      Australian racing engineer, born 1968
    • Greg Dyer
      Australian cricketer, born 1959
    • William Dyer
      American actor of the silent era (1881-1933)
    • Eliphalet Dyer
      American judge and politician, 1721–1807

    Notable Dyers come mostly from the United States (5), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dyer

    Dyer has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dyer come from?
    * As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter. * As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.
    How common is the surname Dyer?
    47,170 people in the United States had the surname Dyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,545 Americans. It ranked 742nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Dyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dyer?
    Natalia Dyer, American actress (born 1997), followed by Wayne Dyer.
    Where is the surname Dyer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dyer in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Dyer?
    Dyer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Dyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 46,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 47,170 in 2010, up 1.3%.