# Hayer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hayer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 651 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,707 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 474,263 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (531 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various etymologies: * A variant of the English surname Ayer. * A topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (“enclosure, hedge”) + -er. * Borrowed from French Hayer, an occupational surname for a warder of a woodland, from Old French haye (“hedge”). * Borrowed from South German Hayer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien (“to guard, protect”). * Borrowed from Punjabi ਹਾਈਯਰ (hāīyar), surname based on the name of a Jat clan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hayer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 48% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 32% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Hoyer, Heyer, Hyer, Hare, Hair, Harr, Haire, Hauer, Haar, Her, Herr, Haro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.