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The AYERS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 38,836 812 0.014 144
United States (1880 census) 8,654 694 0.017 173
Change since 1880 +30182 -118 -0.003 -29
Other Countries
Australia 382 4152 0.002 23
United Kingdom 1,829 3180 0.004 40
Top States for AYERS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 2,546 1319 0.008 75
Virginia 2,458 332 0.035 347
Texas 2,378 1096 0.011 114
Tennessee 2,281 381 0.040 401
North Carolina 2,249 529 0.028 279
Top States for AYERS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 2,281 381 0.040 401
West Virginia 688 378 0.038 380
Virginia 2,458 332 0.035 347
South Carolina 1,149 575 0.029 286
North Carolina 2,249 529 0.028 279

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

Classification and Origin of AYERS

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 AYERS 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 AYERS 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 AYERS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 602 1.55
White (Hispanic) 470 1.21
Asian/Pacific 171 0.44
Native American/Alaskan 167 0.43
White (Caucasian) 33,011 85
Black/African American 4,416 11.37

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

Meaning of AYERS in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of AYERS.

Similar names to AYERS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as AYERS.

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 AYERS

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