How common is the surname Althaus?

1,057 people in the United States had the surname Althaus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,096 Americans. It ranked 23,881st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Althaus?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Althaus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Althaus?

Marcella Althaus-Reid, Argentine-Scottish theologian (1952-2009).

Where is the surname Althaus most common?

Wikidata records people named Althaus in Argentina.

Is the surname Althaus getting more or less common?

More common. 1,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,057 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Althaus

A German surname, carried by 1,057 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Althaus is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Althaus, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,057 people named Althaus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,096 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,012.

#23,881

rank among US surnames

1,057

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #23,428)

Who is named Althaus

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Althaus identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Althauss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marcella Althaus-Reid
Argentine-Scottish theologian (1952-2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Althaus

Althaus has the Soundex code A432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A432.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Althaus come from?: Borrowed from German Althaus, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
How common is the surname Althaus?: 1,057 people in the United States had the surname Althaus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,096 Americans. It ranked 23,881st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Althaus?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Althaus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Althaus?: Marcella Althaus-Reid, Argentine-Scottish theologian (1952-2009).
Where is the surname Althaus most common?: Wikidata records people named Althaus in Argentina.
Is the surname Althaus getting more or less common?: More common. 1,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,057 in 2010, up 4.4%.