Meyer

147,096 people in the United States were counted with the surname Meyer in the 2020 census, making it the 183rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,032.

By the numbers

People: 147,096
Rank: 183rd
How common: 1 in 2,032
Per 100,000: 49.2

Where the name comes from

As a German and gsw surname, from the noun Meier (“leaseholder of a manor”). Compare Maier, Mayer, Meier, Myer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Meyer described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Meyer

Stephenie Meyer (born 1973)American author
Lothar Meyer (1830–1895)German chemist and physician
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898)Swiss historical novelist and poet
Max Meyer (born 1995)German association football player
Russ Meyer (1922–2004)American film director and photographer
Kurt Meyer (1910–1961)German general
Breckin Meyer (born 1974)American actor
Yves Meyer (born 1939)French mathematician

People named Meyer with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Meyer

Meyers

Also a first name

Meyer has been given to 5,612 American babies as a first name since 1881, peaking in 1917. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.