Look up another surname
The mier Surname

mier Name Meaning and History

  1. English: variant spelling of Myer.
  2. Spanish: habitational name from a village in Santander province, so named from mies ‘ripe grain’, ‘harvest time’ (Latin messis aestiva ‘summer harvest’).
  3. Dutch: nickname from mier ‘ant’; perhaps denoting an industrious person.
  4. Dutch and Belgian (van de Mier): topographic name from a Brabantine form of moere ‘bog’, ‘marsh’ (modern moeras), or a habitational name from Moere in West Flanders.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

14–Day Free Trial

Download the Getting Started guide
It's FREE with registration!

mier Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add mier family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of mier Families in the US in 1920
Number of mier families
 21-40
 8-20
 1-7
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view mier census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for mier records.
  • You can see how mier families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search mier census records.

Search for mier records

Name

Birth

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA

Death

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Give priority to    

More resources for your mier family history

Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?

A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.

Begin your family tree with your name:

Learn more about family trees.

The mier name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mier family name as far back in history as possible.

Member Connections

More Tools and Resources