Bayer Surname
Approximately 87,995 people bear this surname
Bayer Surname Definition:
(Ger.) Bavarian [from the Latinized tribal name Bauarii]
Read More About This SurnameBayer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 40,974 | 1:1,965 | 166 |
| United States | 15,669 | 1:23,132 | 2,912 |
| Turkey | 8,114 | 1:9,591 | 1,275 |
| Austria | 4,173 | 1:2,041 | 158 |
| Brazil | 3,161 | 1:67,724 | 2,520 |
| Philippines | 3,110 | 1:32,552 | 4,798 |
| France | 1,418 | 1:46,843 | 6,027 |
| Canada | 942 | 1:39,114 | 4,906 |
| Hungary | 914 | 1:10,740 | 1,244 |
| Czechia | 788 | 1:13,494 | 1,939 |
| Argentina | 688 | 1:62,127 | 5,293 |
| Australia | 659 | 1:40,965 | 5,267 |
| Russia | 639 | 1:225,545 | 24,330 |
| Colombia | 600 | 1:79,623 | 3,254 |
| Switzerland | 418 | 1:19,648 | 3,177 |
| Syria | 385 | 1:50,133 | 2,615 |
| Spain | 350 | 1:133,577 | 10,121 |
| Poland | 342 | 1:111,137 | 16,734 |
| Denmark | 313 | 1:18,034 | 1,770 |
| England | 283 | 1:196,884 | 17,288 |
| New Zealand | 277 | 1:16,348 | 2,848 |
| Jordan | 273 | 1:32,390 | 3,976 |
| Chile | 227 | 1:77,606 | 3,115 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Kazakhstan | 168 | 1:105,253 | 11,535 |
| South Africa | 164 | 1:330,352 | 30,898 |
| Iraq | 162 | 1:216,183 | 4,877 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Israel | 152 | 1:56,300 | 7,271 |
| Iran | 147 | 1:522,330 | 30,518 |
| Thailand | 143 | 1:493,974 | 86,347 |
| Belgium | 138 | 1:83,309 | 13,076 |
| Dominican Republic | 131 | 1:79,641 | 3,650 |
| Netherlands | 125 | 1:135,097 | 20,820 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| Slovakia | 87 | 1:61,339 | 11,847 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Afghanistan | 80 | 1:401,915 | 5,628 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Sweden | 75 | 1:131,290 | 9,286 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| Venezuela | 59 | 1:511,934 | 9,699 |
| Romania | 56 | 1:358,533 | 30,627 |
| Japan | 52 | 1:2,458,544 | 30,480 |
| Mexico | 47 | 1:2,640,983 | 21,548 |
| Palestine | 47 | 1:96,784 | 6,858 |
| Italy | 43 | 1:1,422,249 | 79,532 |
| Namibia | 43 | 1:56,033 | 6,593 |
| Croatia | 33 | 1:128,140 | 18,569 |
| Nicaragua | 33 | 1:182,457 | 2,426 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Paraguay | 29 | 1:249,543 | 4,299 |
| Ecuador | 26 | 1:611,763 | 11,738 |
| Bulgaria | 22 | 1:317,223 | 15,860 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Belarus | 18 | 1:527,837 | 48,523 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Transnistria | 18 | 1:26,372 | 4,484 |
| Uruguay | 18 | 1:190,653 | 15,539 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Guatemala | 16 | 1:1,005,167 | 5,285 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 16 | 1:373,291 | 30,949 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 79 | 1:308,549 | 20,627 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,855 | 1:27,072 | 3,323 |
The alternate forms: Báyer (10) are calculated separately.
Bayer (541) may also be a first name.
Bayer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Bavarian [from the Latinized tribal name Bauarii]
“Bavarian” in German.
(German) One who came from Bavaria, in Germany.
User-submitted Reference
The name Bayer derives etymologically from Pater, coming to Bayern and meaning fatherland or of the father. So Bayern is the fatherland the Bayer family the people who ruled it. This is something you all can look up more but my dad was an etymologist and most of the Bayer family in the US know each other and know the history of the whole family for many generations back.
- acualyThis surname is a diminutive of Bayer. It can also be a variant of the Bäuerlein surname.
- JunieBayer, Bayés and Bayé, as Catalan surnames, come from a french toponym, Bayeux.
- a1956Bayer Demographics
Average Bayer Salary in
United States
$47,412 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bayer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bayer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bayer (Arabic: باير, Marathi: बायर, Russian: Байер) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Báyer. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bayer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,418th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 82,818 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Bayer live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Germanic Europe. Bayer is also the 362,348th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 541 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 40,974 people, or 1 in 1,965. In Germany Bayer is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 34 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Germany it exists in 128 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Turkey, where 9 percent reside.
Bayer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bayer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bayer surname rose 845 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 358 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 1,700 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bayer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Kazakhstan, Sunni (83%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bayer surname are 9.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bayer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.31% more than the national average, earning 395,592 kr per year; in Peru they earn 163.97% more than the national average, earning S/. 51,170 per year; in South Africa they earn 57.34% more than the national average, earning R 373,908 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.04% more than the national average, earning $25,209,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.88% more than the national average, earning $47,412 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.31% more than the national average, earning $52,820 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bayer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer in the Marathi language | ||
| बायर | bayara | - |
| Bayer in the Russian language | ||
| Байер | bajer | - |
| Bayer in the Arabic language | ||
| باير | bayr | - |
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Bayer Reference & Research
Bear-Barr DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Boyer FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Bear-Barr FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Boyer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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