How common is the surname Moyers?

4,818 people in the United States had the surname Moyers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. It ranked 6,961st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moyers?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moyers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moyers?

Bill Moyers, American journalist (1934–2025).

Where is the surname Moyers most common?

Wikidata records people named Moyers in the United States.

Is the surname Moyers getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,818 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Moyers

A surname, carried by 4,818 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). Moyers is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,818 people named Moyers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,842.

#6,961

rank among US surnames

4,818

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,467)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,956	Waltman	4,822	64,029
#6,958	Suttles	4,821	64,042
#6,960	Rolle	4,819	64,068
#6,961	Dull	4,818	64,082

Who is named Moyers

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

94% of people named Moyers identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moyerss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bill Moyers
American journalist (1934–2025)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moyers

Moyers 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 Moyers?: 4,818 people in the United States had the surname Moyers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. It ranked 6,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moyers?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moyers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moyers?: Bill Moyers, American journalist (1934–2025).
Where is the surname Moyers most common?: Wikidata records people named Moyers in the United States.
Is the surname Moyers getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,818 in 2010, down 0.5%.