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    The surname Eyre

    A surname, carried by 2,374 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex E600

    Eyre: #12,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eyre #12,941, 2,374 people Eyre: #12,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eyre #12,941, 2,374 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eyre is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,374 people named Eyre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,053 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,256.

    #12,941
    rank among US surnames
    2,374
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,596)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998
    #12,941Ladue2,374130,053
    #12,944Steffey2,373130,108
    #12,948Letson2,372130,163

    Who is named Eyre

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

    93% of people named Eyre identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Eyres

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Eyre
      British actor and director, born 1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Eyre

    Eyre 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 Eyre?
    2,374 people in the United States had the surname Eyre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,053 Americans. It ranked 12,941st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eyre?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eyre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Eyre?
    Richard Eyre, British actor and director.
    Where is the surname Eyre most common?
    Wikidata records people named Eyre in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Eyre getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,374 in 2010, up 5.2%.