Meyers Family History
Meyers Name Meaning
English: patronymic meaning ‘son of the mayor’ (see
Mayer 1).Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal
Meyer (see Meyer 2).American form of German
Meyer, with excrescent -s.Irish: variant of
Meyer 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Meyers Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Meyers families
 819 - 1,636  274 - 818 |
 1 - 273  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Meyers families
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60 - 117 21 - 59 |
1 - 20 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Meyers families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Meyers Family Origin
Meyers Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Meyers
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Meyers Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Meyers census records
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