How common is the surname Myers?

229,895 people in the United States had the surname Myers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,343 Americans. It ranked 96th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Myers?

Emma Myers, American actress (born 2002), followed by Harry Myers.

Where is the surname Myers most common?

Wikidata records people named Myers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

How do you pronounce Myers?

Myers is /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Myers getting more or less common?

More common. 224,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 229,895 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Myers

A patronymic surname, the 96th most common in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/ 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). Myers is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Meidhir (“descendant of Meidhir”), named based on meidhir (“mirth”). * As an English surname, variant of Myer. * Also as an English surname, the noun mire. * As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Meyers, Mayers, Meyer, Mayer.

Myers is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 229,895 people named Myers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,343 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 224,824.

#96

rank among US surnames

229,895

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #85)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#87	Gray	246,116	1,254
#88	Mendoza	242,771	1,272
#89	Ruiz	238,234	1,296
#90	Hughes	236,271	1,307
#91	Price	235,251	1,312
#92	Alvarez	233,983	1,320
#93	Castillo	230,420	1,340

Who is named Myers

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

85% of people named Myers identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Myerss

38 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emma Myers
American actress (born 2002)
Harry Myers
American actor (1882–1938)
Carmel Myers
American actress (1899–1980)
PZ Myers
American biologist and blogger, born 1957
Ken Myers
American rower, 1896–1972
Isabel Briggs Myers
American writer (1897–1980)
Viola Myers
Athletics competitor (1927–1993)
Kim Myers
American actress, born 1966
Paula Jean Myers-Pope
American diver (1934–1995)
Marshevet Myers
American sprinter, born 1984
Edwin Myers
American pole vaulter (1896-1978)
Meg Myers
American singer-songwriter and musician, born 1986

Notable Myerss come mostly from the United States (35), the United Kingdom (2) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Meyers

Surnames that sound like Myers

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

Questions

Where does the surname Myers come from?: * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Meidhir (“descendant of Meidhir”), named based on meidhir (“mirth”). * As an English surname, variant of Myer. * Also as an English surname, the noun mire. * As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Meyers, Mayers, Meyer, Mayer.
How common is the surname Myers?: 229,895 people in the United States had the surname Myers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,343 Americans. It ranked 96th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Myers?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Myers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Myers?: Emma Myers, American actress (born 2002), followed by Harry Myers.
Where is the surname Myers most common?: Wikidata records people named Myers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
How do you pronounce Myers?: Myers is /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)z/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Myers?: Myers is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Myers getting more or less common?: More common. 224,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 229,895 in 2010, up 2.3%.
What are other spellings of Myers?: Meyers.