# Auer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/auer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,578 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 86,290 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (3,411 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈaʊɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Auer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Auer in Austria, the United States and Germany.

## People named Auer

- Lucas Auer, Austrian racing driver
- Florence Auer, American actress (1880–1962)
- Jonas Auer, Austrian footballer
- Stephan Auer, Austrian footballer
- Alois Auer, Austrian printer, inventor and illustrator (1813–1869)
- Edward Auer, American musician
- Daniel Auer, Austrian cyclist
- Doris Auer, Austrian athletics competitor (born 1971)
- Jon Auer, American musician
- Victor Auer, American sports shooter (1937-2011)
- Hansjörg Auer, Austrian mountaineer (1984–2019)
- Christian Auer, Austrian skeleton racer

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Ayer, Arroyo, Araya, Ary, Arey, Arya, Airey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.