The Meyer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 150,895 people carried this name — #183 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,960 people counted. That is up 1% from 149,664 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 20,926 people named Meyer.
820 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
17,253 people named Meyer live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 4,146 people named Meyer 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
1,884 people named Meyer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,471 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 Pomeranian.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,286 people named Meyer 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
3,185 people named Meyer are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Meyer in American newspapers,
1872–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,394,165 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Meyer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henriette Hendel-Schütz 1772–1849 · actor -
Joseph Meyer 1796–1856 · author -
Leopold von Meyer 1816–1883 · composer -
Johann Heinrich Gustav Meyer 1816–1877 · historian -
Clemens Friedrich Meyer 1824–1899 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 97 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meyer.
- Meurer 1,804 · U.S. census
- Meuret 271 · U.S. census
- Meurs 115 · U.S. census
- Meury 105 · U.S. census
- Meux 142 · U.S. census
- Mey 1,029 · U.S. census
- Meyers 57,127 · U.S. census
- Meylan 167 · U.S. census
- Meynard 177 · U.S. census
- Meziere 277 · U.S. census
- Mezza 217 · U.S. census
- Mian 1,735 · U.S. census
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