Ryer is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ryer
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ryer

How popular is Ryer?

Ryer is ranked 259914 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ryers plummeted by 3.349282 per cent to 808 since 2000 and slipped by 2072 spots and ranked at 29279. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.63 89.47
Black 8.91 5.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.73 1.2
Hispanic or Latino 1.61 0.96
Ryer is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Sweden. Around 1212 people have been found who wears Ryer as their family name. Ryer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
275,830 Ukraine8
179,761 Australia6
47,891 Norway1
1,704,541 India1
151,601 Spain1
7,847 Albania1
91,024 Belgium1
31,584 Peru1
25,721 Egypt1
172,258 Germany1
49,529 Israel1
38,830 Morocco1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
83,908 England38
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with hundreds of Ryer:
31,087 United States947
26,800 Canada128

Ryer Namesakes

  • George Ryerson, Physician
  • Pierre du Ryer, Dramatist
  • Art Ryerson, Guitarist
  • Robert Edwy Ryerson, Member of Parliament
  • Egerton Ryerson Young, Author
  • Florence Ryerson, Playwright
  • Glenna Ryer, Costume designer
  • MJ Ryers, Actor
  • Rich Ryerson, Soccer player
  • Art Ryerson, Guitarist

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