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    The surname Meurer

    A surname, carried by 1,804 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M660

    Meurer: #16,060 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meurer #16,060, 1,804 people Meurer: #16,060 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meurer #16,060, 1,804 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meurer is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    From German Meurer, a byform of Maurer (“bricklayer”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,804 people named Meurer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,795.

    #16,060
    rank among US surnames
    1,804
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #15,078)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,051Reisner1,806170,955
    #16,059Hartig1,805171,050
    #16,060Saylors1,804171,145
    #16,064Ochsner1,803171,240

    Who is named Meurer

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

    95% of people named Meurer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Meurers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nelson Meurer
      Brazilian politician (1942–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meurer

    Meurer has the Soundex code M660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M660.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Meurer come from?
    From German Meurer, a byform of Maurer (“bricklayer”).
    How common is the surname Meurer?
    1,804 people in the United States had the surname Meurer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. It ranked 16,060th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meurer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meurer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Meurer?
    Nelson Meurer, Brazilian politician (1942–2020).
    Where is the surname Meurer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Meurer in Brazil.
    Is the surname Meurer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,804 in 2010, up 0.5%.