Last name Maier (מאיר 
, Maier 
, ماير 
, along with others...) , in the entire world, is a widespread cognomen. The surname Maier is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Austria, where it is a common surname, Germany, and Liechtenstein, where it is quite a common surname (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Germany, Austria, and the United States. Much less frequently, Maier is the forename as well as the last name.
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| מאיר | Israel |
| Maier | United States, Germany, Brazil, Austria, Romania |
| ماير | Iraq, Egypt, Turkey |
| Майер | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan |
| マイヤー | Japan |
| 迈尔 | China |
| peter maier -1542 (b. 1460) |
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| ulrich maier Swiss monk, CH (b. 1500) |
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| thomas maier leader of peasant uprising (died 1525), DE (b. 1500) |
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michael maier German physician, alchemist and composer, DE (b. 1568) |
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| michael maier (b. 1573) |
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ernst theophil maier German jurist, DE (b. 1651) |
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| johann valentin maier DE (b. 1595) |
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| johann maier (b. 1612) |
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| johann gabriel maier (1639-1699), CH (b. 1639) |
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| johann mathias maier (b. 1650) |
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| andreas maier German theologian (1665-1742), DE (b. 1665) |
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| christoph maier (b. 1660) |
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| johann christoph maier DE (b. 1682) |
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| franz anton maier (b. 1712) |
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| jacob maier DE (b. 1739) |
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