How common is the last name Mayer?

37,738 people in the United States have the last name Mayer, about 1 in 7,920. It ranks #911 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MAYER

#911

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,738
About
1 in 7,920
This common or more
38.7%
Who bears it

Of the 37,738 people with the last name Mayer, 90.3% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mayer

#909 Michael · 37,760#910 Everett · 37,752#912 Rivers · 37,733#913 Sampson · 37,721

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mayer, most common first.

#1,559 Maher · 22,504#2,613 Maier · 13,479#9,888 Mauer · 3,117#11,880 Mayor · 2,520#26,812 Mayr · 957#30,035 Mawyer · 835#69,562 Mayher · 304#76,963 Mayar · 269

Also a first name

As a first name, Mayer ranks #7,784 of 53,615, with 1,919 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 100 births. See Mayer as a first name

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