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There are approximately 23,294 people named Dyer in the UK. That makes it the 432nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 369 are named Dyer.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Deer
Dear
Deere
Deehr
Deare
Dar
Dears
Dayer
Darr
Dare
Dair
Daer
Dder
D'Er
Dayr
D'Ere
Dayrr
Dayre
Daere
D'Eer
Dearr
Deahr
D'Eere
Daaere
Daehr
Deeere
Daerre
Dearz
Deeres
Deeare
Daaerre
Dayres

The Dyer surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DYER. The occupation ; iinctor. Teinturier, its equivalent, is a Fr. surname, and the famous Italian painter Tintoretto, whose family name was Robusti, was so called because his father had been a tintoro or dyer.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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