The Meyers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 57,127 people carried this name — #586 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,160 people counted. That is up 1% from 56,744 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,447 people named Meyers 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 Limburg.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 128 people named Meyers.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Meyers in American newspapers,
1850–1936.
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 Meyers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benjamin Franklin Meyers 1833–1918 · lawyer -
Lou Meyers 1859–1920 · baseball player -
J. E. Meyers 1862–1944 · politician -
Armand Meyers 1862–1951 · lawyer -
Joe Meyers 1871–1959 · head coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 258 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meyers.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Meyers is.
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