The MAYER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	39,111	803	0.014	145
United States (1880 census)	7,783	770	0.016	156
Change since 1880	+31328	-33	-0.002	-11
Other Countries
Australia	807	2014	0.005	49
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for MAYER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	3,618	838	0.011	107
New York	3,097	487	0.016	163
Florida	2,514	752	0.016	157
Wisconsin	2,406	133	0.045	449
Illinois	2,175	489	0.018	175
Top States for MAYER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Dakota	345	110	0.054	537
Wisconsin	2,406	133	0.045	449
South Dakota	276	189	0.037	366
Vermont	204	409	0.034	335
Minnesota	1,285	303	0.026	261

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

Classification and Origin of MAYER

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 MAYER 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 MAYER 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 MAYER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	857	2.19
Black/African American	458	1.17
Mixed Race	442	1.13
Asian/Pacific	258	0.66
Native American/Alaskan	117	0.3
White (Caucasian)	36,979	94.55

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

Meaning of MAYER in historical publications

MAYOR. MAYER. Mauger, archbishop of Rouen, uncle to William the Conqueror, in consequence of great irregularities, abdicated his see and settled in the island of Guernsey. There he met with a lady of great beauty called Gisella or Guille, with whom, without the sanction of the Church, he formed an intimacy that resulted in a numerous progeny, some of whom took their father's, others their mother's name. "Hence, "observes a correspondent, "Guilles and Mangers are as plentiful as blackberries in the Channel Islands." From one of the family sprang Sir Jlatthias Mayer or Mayoi-, a Jerseyman, and a soldier under Henry VII. who obtained a grant of arms and was lineal ancestor of R. Major, Esq., of Hurdsley, co. Hants, Avhose daughter Dorothy married Richard, afterwards Lord Protector Cromwell. The JMaugers were very prominent in tlie early history of the Channel Islands.

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 MAYER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MAYER.

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.