Last Name MAYER

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Meaning	The mayer. The mayor. Generally these names in the London Directory are of German importation. From German 'meier,' a bailif, stewward, farmer, mayor. A major.

Origin	English, German, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Swiss, Irish, Slovakian, Slovenian, Portuguese, Austrian, Belgian, Cameroonian, Hungarian

Rank	803 (2000 US census)	893 (1990 US census)

Count	39,111 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.55%, or 36979 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.17%, or 458 total occurrences, as black,
0.66%, or 258 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.3%, or 117 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.13%, or 442 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.19%, or 857 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Celebrity last names

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