# Myres (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/myres/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,172 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,095 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 263,435 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.2% (1,291 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Auchtermuchty, from Middle English mire (“marsh, swamp; mire”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Myres 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Similar surnames

Mares, Moores, Moraes, Myers, Meyers, Mayers, Moyers, Maresh, Morris, Marsh, Marks, Morse.

## 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.