Explore the Family Name Payeur

The meaning of Payeur

1. French Canadian: altered form of German Bayer. 2. French: occupational name for an official responsible for settling accounts, from Old French payeur ‘one who pays (money)’, an agent derivative of paie ‘payment’ (see Paye). Some characteristic forenames: French Benoit, Marcel, Fernande.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Payeur in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Payeur had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 41,924 and fell slightly to a ranking of 43,285 in 2010, marking a decrease of 3.25%. However, the actual count of persons with the Payeur surname slightly increased from 488 in 2000 to 499 in 2010, a rise of about 2.25%. The proportion per 100,000 people saw a small decline, from 0.18 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010, illustrating a drop of -5.56%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,924	#43,285	-3.25%
Count	488	499	2.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Payeur

In terms of ethnicity, the census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the Payeur surname identified as White, although there was a minimal decrease over the decade from 97.95% in 2000 to 96.59% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. Although, the data reported a small percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races which decreased by 18.7% from 1.23% in 2000 to 1% in 2010. Additionally, in 2010, the Hispanic category emerged with 2% of those with the Payeur surname identifying as such, where there were none recorded in this category in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.95%	96.59%	-1.39%
Hispanic	0%	2%	0%
Two or More Races	1.23%	1%	-18.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%