Mayer Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 24
Buckinghamshire 17
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 14
Cheshire 95
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 44
Devon 19
Dorset 2
Durham 41
Essex 81
Gloucestershire 59
Hampshire 33
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 0
Kent 34
Lancashire 271
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 35
London 639
Middlesex 56
Northumberland 26
Norfolk 60
Northamptonshire 33
Nottinghamshire 14
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 83
Somerset 20
Surrey 88
Sussex 22
Staffordshire 511
Warwickshire 24
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 167

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 21
Merionethshire 3
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mayer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mayer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 396
Agricultural Labourer 32
Living On Own Means 31
Coal Miner 31
General Labourer 20
Domestic Servant 20
Dress Maker 20
Clerk 19
General Servant Domestic 19
General Servant 17
Labourer 17
Farmer 13
Tailor 13
Living On Her Own Means 11
Cotton Weaver 10
Waiter 10
House Keeper 8
Blacksmith 8
Carpenter 8
Governess 8
Collier 8
Grocer 7
Butcher 6
Commercial Clerk 6
Coal Miner Collier 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Mayer

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mayer 974
John Mayer 882
William Mayer 825
Elizabeth Mayer 599
Sarah Mayer 533
Thomas Mayer 468
James Mayer 436
George Mayer 424
Ann Mayer 320
Joseph Mayer 313
Henry Mayer 267
Jane Mayer 263
Charles Mayer 255
Hannah Mayer 248
Eliza Mayer 235
Emma Mayer 233
Samuel Mayer 223
Ellen Mayer 219
Frederick Mayer 209
Alice Mayer 208
Annie Mayer 194
Alfred Mayer 165
Arthur Mayer 159
Martha Mayer 154
Edward Mayer 140

Mayer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mayer 100% 15,864
2 Mayor 80% 12,134
3 Meyer 80% 5,856
4 Myer 80% 2,441
5 Moyer 80% 757
6 Maier 80% 402
7 Mayre 60% 124
8 Meyor 60% 108
9 Mayar 80% 103
10 Myre 40% 101

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The surname Mayer is the most popular version of all its varients

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