Myers Family History
Myers Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire): patronymic from Mayer 1,
i.e. ‘son of the mayor’.English: patronymic from mire
‘physician’ (see Myer 1).Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Midhir, probably a variant of Ó Meidhir ‘mayor’
(see Mayer 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Myers Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Myers families
 2,657 - 5,312  886 - 2,656 |
 1 - 885  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Myers families
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1,800 - 3,598 601 - 1,799 |
1 - 600 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Myers families
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33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Myers Family Origin
Myers Immigration Information
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Myers Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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