How common is the surname Myer?

6,317 people in the United States had the surname Myer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,875 Americans. It ranked 5,507th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Myer getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,317 in 2010, down 1.4%.

Is Myer also a first name?

Yes. Myer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Myer

A Norse place surname, carried by 6,317 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Myer is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* As an English surname of Norman/French origin, from the archaic noun mire (“physician”). Compare Mee, Mayer. * As an English topographic surname, from mire (“marsh”), from Old Norse mýrr. * As a German surname, Americanized from Meyer, Mayer, Maier.

Myer is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,317 people named Myer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,875 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,408.

#5,507

rank among US surnames

6,317

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,026)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,498	Pfaff	6,331	48,767
#5,499	Ozuna	6,327	48,798
#5,500	Cifuentes	6,325	48,814
#5,502	Luevano	6,324	48,821
#5,503	Shreve	6,321	48,844
#5,504	McCrea	6,320	48,852
#5,505	McLellan	6,318	48,868

Who is named Myer

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

91% of people named Myer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Myer

Myer has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Myer come from?: * As an English surname of Norman/French origin, from the archaic noun mire (“physician”). Compare Mee, Mayer. * As an English topographic surname, from mire (“marsh”), from Old Norse mýrr. * As a German surname, Americanized from Meyer, Mayer, Maier.
How common is the surname Myer?: 6,317 people in the United States had the surname Myer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,875 Americans. It ranked 5,507th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Myer?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Myer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Myer?: Myer is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Myer getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,317 in 2010, down 1.4%.
Is Myer also a first name?: Yes. Myer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.