Byer Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Byer and Byers are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “Of the cowshed”, the same as for Byers. Byer drops the “s” of Byers, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Byres and Byars.

Byer ranked 9,998 in the 2010 US Census, with 3,224 people answering to the name. Names that sound alike, such as Boyer, Bayer and Beyer, are easily confused in old records.

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