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The MYERS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 224,824 85 0.083 833
United States (1880 census) 57,903 65 0.116 1,158
Change since 1880 +166921 -20 -0.033 -325
Other Countries
Australia 3,875 381 0.024 237
United Kingdom 11,410 525 0.025 248
Top States for MYERS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 20,910 18 0.170 1,703
Ohio 17,293 34 0.152 1,523
California 14,238 183 0.042 420
Florida 12,059 109 0.075 755
Texas 11,877 185 0.057 570
Top States for MYERS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 3,104 38 0.172 1,716
Pennsylvania 20,910 18 0.170 1,703
Ohio 17,293 34 0.152 1,523
South Carolina 6,029 69 0.150 1,503
Indiana 8,956 34 0.147 1,473

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MYERS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MYERS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MYERS in Pennsylvania than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MYERS by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MYERS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MYERS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MYERS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MYERS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 854 0.38
White (Caucasian) 194,675 86.59
Black/African American 21,920 9.75
Mixed Race 3,035 1.35
White (Hispanic) 3,148 1.4
Native American/Alaskan 1,192 0.53

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MYERS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MYERS in historical publications

The same as Meyer, the magistrate of a city or town; a very common name in Germany.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


MYERS. See Meyer, Meyers.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to MYERS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MYERS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MYERS

The following words are slight variants of MYERS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.