Explore the Family Name Smyers

The meaning of Smyers

1. Americanized form of German Schmeyer: habitational name for someone from Schmeihe, a place near Calw (Rhineland-Palatinate). Compare Smyer. 2. Flemish: patronymic from Meyer, shortened from des Meyers. 3. Americanized form of Dutch Smeijers: patronymic from Meijer, shortened from des Meijers.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Smyers has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 24,350 in terms of prevalence, dropping to 25,640 by 2010, a change of -5.3%. The actual count of people with this surname also dipped slightly from 964 in 2000 to 962 in 2010, indicating a small reduction of -0.21%. Subsequently, the proportion per 100k people saw an -8.33% shift during the same period, moving from 0.36 to 0.33.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,350	#25,640	-5.3%
Count	964	962	-0.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.33	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Smyers

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Smyers surname identified as White, although there was a small decrease of -1.70% between 2000 and 2010. There was no recorded change in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native. However, there were increases in those identifying as belonging to two or more races (from 1.66% to 2.70%, marking a 62.65% change) and Hispanic (from 0.83% to 1.25%, a change of 50.60%). The percentage of individuals identifying as Black decreased slightly from 4.05% to 3.85%, a -4.94% change.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.32%	90.75%	-1.7%
Black	4.05%	3.85%	-4.94%
Two or More Races	1.66%	2.7%	62.65%
Hispanic	0.83%	1.25%	50.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%