Last Name HEYER

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Meaning	Nickname: The heir. Most of the instances of that name seem to be of German parentage.

Origin	English, Dutch, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	9,100 (2000 US census)	7,832 (1990 US census)

Count	3,301 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.06%, or 3072 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.39%, or 46 total occurrences, as black,
1.15%, or 38 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.73%, or 24 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1%, or 33 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.67%, or 88 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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