Meier surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Meier surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 24,886 people carried this name — #1,298 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,800 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

32,284 people named Meier live in Switzerland.

They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 8,782
Aargau 6,279
Lucerne 2,785
Bern 2,322
St. Gallen 1,895
Solothurn 1,718
Basel-Landschaft 1,508
Thurgau 1,398

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 603 people named Meier.

169 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 169
Moselle 84
Bas-Rhin 62
Haut-Rhin 60
Paris 55
Territoire de Belfort 23
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Jura 8
Oise 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

370 people named Meier have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 609 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 192
Subcarpathian 40
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 28
Lower Silesian 27
Greater Poland 19
Silesian 18
Opole 14
West Pomeranian 11

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 22 people named Meier 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 Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 8
Limburg 8
Antwerp 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Meier in American newspapers,
1889–1963.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Meier
The Billings Gazette 1907-05-24
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Meier
The Daily Missoulian 1911-01-11
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Meier
Le Messager 1937-07-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 116,796 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Meier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gerhard Meier (1664-1723)
    Gerhard Meier (1664-1723) 1664–1723 · parson
  • Georg Friedrich Meier
    Georg Friedrich Meier 1718–1777 · mathematician
  • Emanuel Meier
    Emanuel Meier 1746–1817 · politician
  • Ivar Nielsen Meier
    Ivar Nielsen Meier 1806–1899 · priest
  • Ernst Heinrich Meier
    Ernst Heinrich Meier 1813–1866 · historian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.

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