# Payer (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 866 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,756 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 356,519 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (827 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Payer 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) | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 8.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Payer in Austria and Germany.

## People named Payer

- Julius von Payer, Austrian mountain climber, painter, arctic explorer and nobleman (1841-1915)
- Sabine Payer, Austrian snowboarder
- Helge Payer, Association footballer
- Alexander Payer, Austrian snowboarder

## Similar surnames

Parr, Paré, Pair, Paar, Perry, Parra, Pierre, Power, Perea, Parry, Poore, Peery.

## 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.