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 7
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 3
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 141
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 35
Devon 35
Dorset 2
Durham 19
Essex 61
Gloucestershire 24
Hampshire 12
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 22
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 9
Isle of Man 6
Kent 28
Lancashire 278
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 38
London 451
Middlesex 98
Northumberland 17
Norfolk 34
Northamptonshire 17
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 9
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 5
Somerset 7
Surrey 36
Sussex 26
Staffordshire 951
Warwickshire 29
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 74

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 18
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mayer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mayer family

Profession Census Frequency
School 253
Coal Miner Hewer 34
Private Means 21
General Labourer 19
Farmer 18
Scholar 15
At Home 14
Dressmaker 12
Clerk 10
None 10
Assisting In Business 8
Domestic Servant 8
Dress Maker 8
Waiter 8
Labourer 8
General Servant (domestic) 7
Home 7
Compositor 6
Shop Assistant 6
Farm Labourer 6
House Keeper 6
Baker 5
Publican 5
General Servant Domestic 5
Potters Placer 5

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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