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    The surname Layer

    A surname, carried by 1,323 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L600

    Layer: #20,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Layer #20,165, 1,323 people Layer: #20,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Layer #20,165, 1,323 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Layer is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,323 people named Layer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,368 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,381.

    #20,165
    rank among US surnames
    1,323
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,461)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,157Germaine1,324233,191
    #20,165Meckley1,323233,368
    #20,172Melchior1,322233,544

    Who is named Layer

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

    91% of people named Layer identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    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 Layer

    Layer has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Layer?
    1,323 people in the United States had the surname Layer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,368 Americans. It ranked 20,165th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Layer?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Layer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Layer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,323 in 2010, down 4.2%.