The DWYER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	26,759	1197	0.01	99
United States (1880 census)	8,272	728	0.017	165
Change since 1880	+18487	-469	-0.007	-66
Other Countries
Australia	5,897	227	0.036	361
United Kingdom	4,299	1467	0.009	94

Top States for DWYER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	3,341	448	0.018	176
Massachusetts	2,093	342	0.033	330
Florida	1,829	1073	0.011	114
California	1,768	1772	0.005	52
Illinois	1,604	695	0.013	129
Top States for DWYER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Rhode Island	398	243	0.038	380
Massachusetts	2,093	342	0.033	330
New Hampshire	366	466	0.030	296
Vermont	170	529	0.028	279
Connecticut	885	353	0.026	260

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of DWYER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DWYER 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 DWYER 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 DWYER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	773	2.89
White (Hispanic)	388	1.45
Mixed Race	289	1.08
Asian/Pacific	139	0.52
Native American/Alaskan	56	0.21
White (Caucasian)	25,116	93.86

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

Similar names to DWYER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DWYER.

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.