The Majer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 483 people carried this name — #44,500 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 474 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
3,622 people named Majer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,180 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
109 people named Majer live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Majer.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Majer live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Majer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
51 people named Majer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Majer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Christian Majer 1741–1821 · hofmeister -
Francesco Majer d. 1930 · director
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Francesco Majer d. 1930 · director
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Francesco Majer d. 1930 · director
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Joseph Friedrich Bernhard Caspar Majer 1689–1768 · writer
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Georg Friedrich Majer 1695–1765 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Majer.
- Maisonneuve 346 · U.S. census
- Maitre 514 · U.S. census
- Maiz 176 · U.S. census
- Maj 470 · U.S. census
- Majcher 605 · U.S. census
- Majchrzak 709 · U.S. census
- Majerus 1,276 · U.S. census
- Majewski 5,126 · U.S. census
- Majka 1,571 · U.S. census
- Major 20,977 · U.S. census
- Maka 636 · U.S. census
- Makhlouf 404 · U.S. census
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