How common is the surname Eyer?

1,784 people in the United States had the surname Eyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,064 Americans. It ranked 16,191st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eyer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Eyer most common?

Wikidata records people named Eyer in the United States.

Is the surname Eyer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,784 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Eyer

A surname, carried by 1,784 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eyer is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,784 people named Eyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,064 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,713.

#16,191

rank among US surnames

1,784

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,661)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967
#16,191	Paolucci	1,784	173,064
#16,195	Pincus	1,783	173,161

Who is named Eyer

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

95% of people named Eyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eyers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Eyer
American actor, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eyer

Eyer has the Soundex code E600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E600.

Questions

How common is the surname Eyer?: 1,784 people in the United States had the surname Eyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,064 Americans. It ranked 16,191st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eyer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eyer?: Richard Eyer, American actor.
Where is the surname Eyer most common?: Wikidata records people named Eyer in the United States.
Is the surname Eyer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,784 in 2010, up 4.1%.