Meiers

surname · English · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Meiers is a surname, most frequently recorded in Germany. In Falkland Islands (Malvinas) it is the 26th most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and German, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: genitive singular of Meier.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany1 in 85K◐
  • USUnited States1 in 361K
  • FKFalkland Islands (Malvinas)1 in 1.6K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈973 ●

across 5 countries

Sources
155 ●

12K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 361K ◐

United States

Meaning & origin●

genitive singular of Meier

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Meiers is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—1,3031.1K rec.—listedMeiers67
US United States—9228.9K rec.1 in 361K1KMeiers155
AU Australia—660620 rec.——Meiers61
GB United Kingdom—359348 rec.——Meiers20
CA Canada—223217 rec.——Meiers27
VE Venezuela—5861 rec.——Meiers6
BZ Belize—52134 rec.——Meiers1
MX Mexico—4038 rec.——Meiers5
IT Italy—3639 rec.——Meiers3
IE Ireland—3435 rec.——Meiers3
GT Guatemala—3030 rec.——Meiers3
BE Belgium—2814 rec.1 in 419K28Meiers7

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English9.6K70%
  • German2K15%
  • Spanish4013%
  • French3973%
  • Dutch2112%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English9,58870%
German2,03315%
Spanish4013%
French3973%
Dutch2112%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Meiers is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate surname240 records spelled Meiers2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Meĭers

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Meiers is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • patronymic from Meyer.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Latvian, Viduslaiku Vācijā gājēju saimes priekšnieks, muižas kalpu un darbinieku uzraugs, kas piedzina no zemniekiem kunga tiesu, izrīkoja klaušu darbus, tiesāja ļaudis utt.

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

0510151900192019401960198015 · 1941

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Meiers in INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000), France, 1891–1991
Yearrecords
18912
19019
19117
192110
193112
194115
195111
196112
19713
19814
19917

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

18001850190019502000Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, b. 1825Hannes Meyer, b. 1889Kurt Meyer, b. 1910David Janssen, b. 1931Yves Meyer, b. 1939Nicholas Meyer, b. 1945Debbie Meyer, b. 1952Dina Meyer, b. 1968Stephenie Meyer, b. 1973Breckin Meyer, b. 1974
  • Conrad Ferdinand Meyerb. 1825CHnot in their usual nameSwiss historical novelist and poet (1825-1898)
  • Hannes Meyerb. 1889CHnot in their usual nameSwiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus (1889-1954)
  • Kurt Meyerb. 1910DEnot in their usual nameGerman general (1910–1961)
  • David Janssenb. 1931USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1931–1980)
  • Yves Meyerb. 1939FRnot in their usual nameFrench mathematician
  • Nicholas Meyerb. 1945USnot in their usual nameAmerican screenwriter, producer, author, and director
  • Debbie Meyerb. 1952USnot in their usual nameAmerican swimmer
  • Dina Meyerb. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Stephenie Meyerb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican author
  • Breckin Meyerb. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Meiers
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201K#25,086
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#23,582
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010922#26,471
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200828#38,740
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194115—
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200712#59,419
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19019—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19917—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 25 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Meiers?
We estimate roughly 973 people bear Meiers (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
In which country does Meiers have the most bearers?
Meiers is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled meiers.
How common is Meiers compared with other names?
In Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Meiers is the 26th most common surname of 235 surnames recorded there.
What does the name Meiers mean?
Recorded meaning: genitive singular of Meier
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Meiers” — the 26th most common surname in Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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