How common is the surname Mayr?

782 people in the United States had the surname Mayr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 394,815 Americans. It ranked 30,013th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mayr?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mayr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mayr?

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player, followed by Verena Mayr.

Where is the surname Mayr most common?

Wikidata records people named Mayr in Austria and the Kingdom of Italy.

Is the surname Mayr getting more or less common?

Less common. 850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 782 in 2010, down 8.0%.

The surname Mayr

A surname, carried by 782 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayr is more common than 81.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 782 people named Mayr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 394,815 Americans. That is down 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 850.

#30,013

rank among US surnames

782

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-8%

change since 2000 (was #26,876)

Who is named Mayr

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

92% of people named Mayr identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mayrs

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
Austrian tennis player, born 1986
Verena Mayr
Austrian athlete, born 1995
Gustav Mayr
Austrian entomologist (1830–1908)
Andrea Mayr
Austrian long-distance runner, mountain runner and cyclist, born 1979
Josef Mayr-Nusser
20th-century Italian Catholic, 1910–1945
Hildegard Goss-Mayr
Austrian anti-war activist and Christian theologian, born 1930
Karin Mayr-Krifka
Austrian sprinter, born 1971
Richard Mayr
Austrian opera singer (1877–1935)

Notable Mayrs come mostly from Austria (6) and the Kingdom of Italy (1).

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Surnames that sound like Mayr

Mayr has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Mayr?: 782 people in the United States had the surname Mayr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 394,815 Americans. It ranked 30,013th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayr?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mayr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mayr?: Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player, followed by Verena Mayr.
Where is the surname Mayr most common?: Wikidata records people named Mayr in Austria and the Kingdom of Italy.
Is the surname Mayr getting more or less common?: Less common. 850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 782 in 2010, down 8.0%.