How common is the surname Myres?

1,172 people in the United States had the surname Myres in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. It ranked 22,095th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Myres getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,172 in 2010, down 9.2%.

The surname Myres

An English place surname, carried by 1,172 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Myres is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,172 people named Myres in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. That is down 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,291.

#22,095

rank among US surnames

1,172

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-9.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,398)

Who is named Myres

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

71% of people named Myres identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 3.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Myres

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Myres come from?: Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Auchtermuchty, from Middle English mire (“marsh, swamp; mire”).
How common is the surname Myres?: 1,172 people in the United States had the surname Myres in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. It ranked 22,095th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Myres?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Myres identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Myres?: Myres is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Myres getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,172 in 2010, down 9.2%.