# Meyer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meyer/  
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 | Yiddish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 150,895 |
| US rank (2010) | 183 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,046 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (149,664 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Meier (“leaseholder of a manor”). Compare Maier, Mayer, Meier, Myer. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish מאיר (mir). Compare Majer, Major, Mayor, Meir. * As a Dutch/West Flemish surname, variant of Meijer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meyer 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meyer in the United States, Austria, Australia, Switzerland, the Kingdom of Denmark and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Meyer

- Stephenie Meyer, American author
- Russ Meyer, American film director and photographer (1922–2004)
- Breckin Meyer, American actor
- Nicholas Meyer, American screenwriter, producer, author, and director
- Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
- Joyce Meyer, American author
- Cameron Meyer, Australian racing cyclist
- Peyton Meyer, American actor
- Marissa Meyer, American writer of young-adult speculative fiction
- Alvah Meyer, athletics competitor (1888–1939)
- Eve Meyer, American actor and model (1928–1977)
- Eugene Meyer, American financier, first president of the World Bank (1875-1959)

and 37 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Mayer, Moyer, Myer, Meier, Mehr, Meir, Moore, Murray, Morrow, Mora, Maher, Mohr.

## 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.