The Moyers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,818 people carried this name — #6,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,842).

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In print

Moyers in American newspapers,
1910–1924.

Newspaper page from Sequachee Valley News carrying the name Moyers
Sequachee Valley News 1910-08-11
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Moyers
Daily Kennebec Journal 1924-08-21
Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Moyers
The Brandon News 1918-08-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 126,368 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Moyers in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

682 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moyers. The most, 172, date from the 1910s. South Australia has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 196
Victoria 149
New South Wales 126
Queensland 126
ACT (Canberra) 42
Tasmania 21
Western Australia 21

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

Who carried it

People named Moyers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bill Moyers
    Bill Moyers 1934–2025 · civil servant
  • George Moyers 1836–1916 · architect
  • George Moyers 1870–
  • Robert M. Moyers 1904–1976
  • Edward L. Moyers 1928–2006 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Moyers,
in the records of 3 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 States256 records

256 records of the Moyers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 167
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles J. Moyers

    Born 1924 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Clarksburg; farm hand from Gilmer County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Cedarville Cemetery, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Michael Moyers

    Born 1946; from Hannibal, Missouri. U.S. Army, engineer missile equipment specialist; killed in action 1967 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Moyers

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Perseverance from Dublin, aged 14; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 256 records for Moyers in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Moyers name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hy Moyers

    Sailed from Victoria in 1853 aboard the Clarence III, bound for Launceston, aged 25.

    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 E. C. Moyers

    Arrived in Victoria in 1882 aboard the Cuzco, aged 31.

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

    Sailed from Victoria in 1882 aboard the Cuzco, bound for Sydney.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Moyers in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Moyers 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 Hubert Moyers

    From Brüggen, Düsseldorf. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 28 November 1918.

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

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).

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