Byerly Surname
Approximately 8,057 people bear this surname
Byerly Surname User-submission:
This surname is the combination of two words byer (a place for keeping cattle) and lee as in leeward (the side away from the wind). So Byerlee means 'people who lived downwind of the cattle'.
Byerly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,964 | 1:45,512 | 5,549 |
| Mexico | 40 | 1:3,103,155 | 23,265 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,193 | 1:42,094 | 4,918 |
Byerly (17) may also be a first name.
Byerly Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname is the combination of two words byer (a place for keeping cattle) and lee as in leeward (the side away from the wind). So Byerlee means 'people who lived downwind of the cattle'.
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Byerly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Byerly Come From? nationality or country of origin
Byerly is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Byerly? popularity and diffusion
The surname Byerly is the 62,318th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 904,499 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Byerly reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous forename internationally, held by 17 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 7,964 people, or 1 in 45,512. In The United States Byerly is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 17 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.
Byerly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Byerly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Byerly surname grew 668 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Byerly Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Byerly last name are 20.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.72% registered with the party.
Byerly earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.35% less than the national average, earning $43,000 USD per year.
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Byerly Reference & Research
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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