Last Name MYERS

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Meaning	Local: At the mire, swampy, low-lying land, a bog, found in such compounds as Hollowmire, Longmire, Blamilre. The final 's' is common to short local surnames. The same as Meyer, the magistrate of a city or town; a very common name in Germany.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, German, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean

Rank	85 (2000 US census)	101 (1990 US census)

Count	224,824 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

86.59%, or 194675 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.75%, or 21920 total occurrences, as black,
0.38%, or 854 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.53%, or 1192 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.35%, or 3035 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.4%, or 3148 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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