How common is the surname Mayers?

6,076 people in the United States had the surname Mayers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,814 Americans. It ranked 5,708th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mayers getting more or less common?

More common. 5,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,076 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Mayers

A patronymic surname, carried by 6,076 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayers is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

* As an English, German and Dutch surname, variant/patronymic from Mayer. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Myers.

Mayers is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,076 people named Mayers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,814 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,592.

#5,708

rank among US surnames

6,076

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,688)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,702	Strickler	6,079	50,789
#5,705	Kuhlman	6,078	50,797
#5,707	Hilbert	6,077	50,806
#5,708	Mayers	6,076	50,814
#5,709	Paschal	6,075	50,822
#5,711	Lavelle	6,074	50,831

Who is named Mayers

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

54% of people named Mayers identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mayers

Mayers has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Questions

Where does the surname Mayers come from?: * As an English, German and Dutch surname, variant/patronymic from Mayer. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Myers.
How common is the surname Mayers?: 6,076 people in the United States had the surname Mayers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,814 Americans. It ranked 5,708th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayers?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Mayers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Mayers?: Mayers is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Mayers getting more or less common?: More common. 5,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,076 in 2010, up 8.7%.