Byers is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Byers
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Byers

How popular is Byers?

Byers is common in United States.

Byers is ranked 11326 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Byers bearers increased by 2.795616 per cent in 2010 US census to 32174 since 2000, the surname slipped by 65 spots and ranked at 1087. The last name was found in around 109 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.7 82.91
Black 14.05 13.39
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.33
Others 1.77 1.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.42
Byers is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Antigua and Barbuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 47326 people have been found who wears Byers as their family name. Byers is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
114,007 Czech Republic4
11,480 Japan4
2,720 South Korea3
10,686 Costa Rica3
54,641 Sweden2
35,969 Denmark2
41,879 Turkey2
6,103 Cyprus2
2,401 Honduras2
1,118 Isle of Man2
17,547 Colombia2
261 Solomon Islands2
169,904 Brazil1
16,228 Bulgaria1
31,584 Peru1
40,340 Malaysia1
7,110 Bosnia1
717 Bhutan1
91,024 Belgium1
37,493 Austria1
120,357 Argentina1
1,704,541 India1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,790 Zambia1
3,071 Jersey1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,040 Mali1
444 Faroe Islands1
66,560 Philippines1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
17,236 Ghana1
492,292 Ukraine1
153,416 Italy1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
59,636 Spain29
3,873 Thailand24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
15,050 Singapore18
3,240 Nicaragua18
442,509 Russia12
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,122 Chile90
4,105 Wales90
5,083 Ireland66
189 Antigua and Barbuda66
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Byers:
1,347 Scotland564
1,563 New Zealand478
22,254 Germany471
17,476 South Africa347
1,105 Northern Ireland274
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Byers:
1,451 Canada3,574
3,152 England2,447
1,884 Australia1,679
Countries with ten thousands of Byers:
1,025 United States36,745
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old weaver Francis Byers who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 20, 1848 by Mariane put out from Belfast. Richard Byers (25) Workman, 24 years old Mary Byers, Henry Byers (9 months old) Infant, William Byers (20) Immigrant, 30 years old Ann-J. Byers, Fra. Byers, aged 9, 5 years old John Byers, William Byers (11 months old) Infant, James Byers (25) Farmer, 20 years old Jos. Byers, and 17 other Byers around 31.25% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Byers Namesakes

  • Aggie Byers, Film actress
  • Jack Byers, Soccer player
  • Sam Byers, Novelist
  • Billy Byers, Composer
  • Brook Byers, Entrepreneur
  • Dremiel Byers, Athlete
  • Jared Byers, Drummer
  • Eben Byers, Athlete
  • Bette B. Byers, Musical Artist
  • Brook Byers, Entrepreneur
  • In 2017, Becky Byers played the role of Amity in drama and fantasy movie The Passion of Paul Ross.

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