# Moyer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/moyer/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 37,050 |
| US rank (2010) | 935 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,333 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (36,421 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moyer 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moyer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Moyer

- Stephen Moyer, British actor
- John Moyer, American bassist (born 1973)
- Jamie Moyer, American baseball pitcher
- Denny Moyer, American boxer
- Tawny Moyer, American actress

## Similar surnames

Meyer, Mayer, Myer, Moore, Mohr, Mowery, More, Mower, Moor, Moir, Murray, Morrow.

## 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.