Heraldry and the Gayer Surname

The Gayer family name is well attested in modern population records. In Wikidata, Gayer is listed as a German surname.

Where the name comes from

The meaning of Gayer is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records.

In the 2010 US Census, 1,365 Americans gave Gayer as their last name (rank 19,731). From 1891 to 2000, 191 births in France were registered under Gayer. Births ran at 7 in 1891–1900 and 26 in 1991–2000.

Heraldry and the Gayer name

If a Gayer family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Research your Gayer family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.