Popularity of the last name by country
All countries
- United States (226,528)
- United Kingdom (56,307)
- New Zealand (12,735)
- Australia (6,729)
- Canada (4,893)
- Ireland (4,259)
- Germany (2,798)
- France (2,348)
- Unknown country (1,914)
- Switzerland (581)
- Jamaica (436)
- Netherlands (383)
- Italy (352)
- Spain (303)
- Colombia (226)
- Mexico (206)
- Belgium (205)
- India (165)
- Russian Federation (147)
- China (122)
- Austria (112)
- Hungary (111)
- Peru (109)
- Poland (104)
- South Africa (102)
- Lebanon (92)
- Denmark (79)
- Argentina (75)
- Greece (72)
- Paraguay (69)
- Panama (58)
- Norway (57)
- Cuba (53)
- Sweden (53)
- Brazil (49)
- Lithuania (46)
- Philippines (38)
- Trinidad and Tobago (38)
- Korea, Republic of (35)
- Egypt (33)
Origine of last name
MYERS : 1: Irish (Tipperary Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’ with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.2: English (northern): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Myer">Myer</a> with post-medieval excrescent -s.3: English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).4: Americanized form of German and Dutch <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Meyers">Meyers</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mayers">Mayers</a> and also of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Meyer">Meyer</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mayer">Mayer</a> with excrescent -s.
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