The Byer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,224 people carried this name — #9,998 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is down 8% from 3,499 in 2000.

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In print

Byer in American newspapers,
1904–1921.

Newspaper page from The Morning Astorian carrying the name Byer
The Morning Astorian 1904-07-21
Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Byer
The Commercial 1921-02-04
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Byer
The Telegraph-courier 1917-08-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Byer in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,945 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byer. The most, 292, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 578
New South Wales 519
Victoria 493
South Australia 183
Western Australia 97
Tasmania 65
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byer.

Who carried it

People named Byer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicholas Byer d. 1681 · painter
  • Nicholas Byer d. 1681 · painter
  • John Byer 1903–1988 · cricketer
  • Kathryn Stripling Byer 1944–2017 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Byer,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States437 records

437 records of the Byer name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 124
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 117
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 86
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 34
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alexander F. Byer

    Born 1919 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey; stock clerk from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Caroline Byer

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the James Boorman from Antwerp, aged 50; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Horace D. Byer

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1991; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 437 records for Byer in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Byer name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sydney Herbert Byer

    Comp director of Notting Hill, Victoria; died 1970.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Percy Byer

    Arrived in Victoria in 1901 aboard the Nineveh, aged 16.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry Byer

    Died 1876 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 74.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Byer in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands10 records

10 records of the Byer name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Casper Byer

    Married in 1752 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Andries Byer

    Baptised in 1622 in Arnemuiden.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Joanna Byer

    Baptised in 1795 in Hamersveld.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Byer in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Byer name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Lloyd Byer

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Barbados, British West Indies.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marguerite Mildred Byer

    Died 1977; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Michael Byer

    Married 1859 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Byer in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Byer name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Byer

    From Wolgast, Greifswald. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 25 October 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 210).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Jakob Byer

    From Pappelau, Blaubeuren. Reported dead in the Württemberg casualty list of 8 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Byer

    From Halle. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 11 November 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Byer in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Byer name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Byer

    Buried in 1793 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 35.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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