How common is the surname Miers?

1,860 people in the United States had the surname Miers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,992 Americans. It ranked 15,687th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Miers?

Harriet Miers, American lawyer and Supreme Court nominee, followed by John Miers.

Where is the surname Miers most common?

Wikidata records people named Miers in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Miers getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,860 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Miers

A surname, carried by 1,860 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). Miers is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,860 people named Miers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,992 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,885.

#15,687

rank among US surnames

1,860

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,498)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,681	Bertolini	1,861	165,903
#15,687	Cosenza	1,860	165,992
#15,692	Milby	1,859	166,082

Who is named Miers

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

91% of people named Miers identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mierss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harriet Miers
American lawyer and Supreme Court nominee, born 1945
John Miers
British botanist and engineer (1789-1879)

Notable Mierss come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Miers

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

Questions

How common is the surname Miers?: 1,860 people in the United States had the surname Miers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,992 Americans. It ranked 15,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Miers?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Miers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Miers?: Harriet Miers, American lawyer and Supreme Court nominee, followed by John Miers.
Where is the surname Miers most common?: Wikidata records people named Miers in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Miers getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,860 in 2010, down 1.3%.