| ![Show Contents]() Miera History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Germany The ancestral home of the Miera family is in the German state of Bavaria. The name Miera is an occupational hereditary surname, a type of surname that was taken from a word describing or common to the profession of the original bearer. It is a name for a mayor, or elected head of the community. The name stems from the German word "meier," meaning mayor. Early Origins of the Miera familyThe surname Miera was first found in southern Germany, where the family was anciently seated. The name referred at first to the representative of the lord of a manor, and later to the administrator or tenant of a small court. Early History of the Miera familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Miera research. Another 287 words (20 lines of text) covering the years 1363, 1400, 1618, 1643, 1646, 1650, 1653, 1689, 1712, 1713, 1725, 1760, 1763, 1786, 1825, 1832, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1857, 1870 and 1898 are included under the topic Early Miera History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Miera Spelling VariationsOne can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Miera include Mayer, Maier, Meyer, Meier, Mayr, Meyr, Myer and many more. Early Notables of the Miera familyProminent among members of the name Miera in this period include Conrad Meyer (1618-1689), a Swiss painter and engraver from Zurich; Johann Friedrich Mayer (1650-1712), a German Lutheran theologian; Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646-1712), a German violinist, composer and Kapellmeister in Munich; Hans Heinrich Meyer (1760-1832), a Swiss painter and...
Another 49 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Miera Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Miera RankingIn the United States, the name Miera is the 13,455th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 Migration of the Miera familyGerman settlers were among the most common to come to North America between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries. Poverty and religious persecution drove many Bavarians to make this long trek. tenant farmers were also enticed by the prospect of owning land. From east to west, these German immigrants populated the United States, settling in Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California. Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada also provided homes to many. Early settlers bearing the Miera surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Hans Mayer, who was the first bearer of this name to arrive in the New World. He came to Lancaster, Pa. in 1709. During the next 150 years, close to five hundred bearers of this name came to North America, most arriving in Philadelphia between 1730 and 1760.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Miera (post 1700) | + |
- Ruben Miera, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1960 2
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