Explore the Family Name Peyser

The meaning of Peyser

1. English: variant of Poyser, from Anglo-Norman French and Middle English peiser, denoting an official in charge of weights and measures or who supervised the weighing of goods. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain. 2. German: variant of Peiser and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Peyser is very rare in Germany.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Peyser has seen a significant decrease between 2000 and 2010. In terms of rank, it dropped from 44,192 in 2000 to 59,171 in 2010, marking a 33.9% change. Similarly, the count also decreased by 25.49%, going from 459 in 2000 to 342 in 2010. The proportion per 100k people also decreased by 29.41%, going from 0.17 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,192	#59,171	-33.9%
Count	459	342	-25.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.12	-29.41%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Peyser

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with the Peyser surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both 2000 and 2010. However, the portion of people identifying as White increased slightly from 95.42% in 2000 to 96.78% in 2010. Furthermore, there was a slight increase in the percentage of Hispanic individuals, from 1.96% in 2000 to 2.05% in 2010. Interestingly, the proportion of people identifying with two or more races dropped entirely from 1.09% in 2000 to 0% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.42%	96.78%	1.43%
Hispanic	1.96%	2.05%	4.59%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.09%	0%	-100%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%