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    The surname Auer

    A German place surname, carried by 3,578 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈaʊɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex A600

    Auer: #9,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Auer #9,125, 3,578 people Auer: #9,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Auer #9,125, 3,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Auer is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    Auer is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 3,578 people named Auer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,290 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,411.

    #9,125
    rank among US surnames
    3,578
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #8,839)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,119Beene3,58186,218
    #9,122McAdoo3,58086,242
    #9,123Lueck3,57986,266
    #9,125Hendren3,57886,290
    #9,129Waterhouse3,57786,314

    Who is named Auer

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

    95% of people named Auer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Auers

    14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lucas Auer
      Austrian racing driver, born 1994
    • Florence Auer
      American actress (1880–1962)
    • Jonas Auer
      Austrian footballer, born 2000
    • Stephan Auer
      Austrian footballer, born 1991
    • Alois Auer
      Austrian printer, inventor and illustrator (1813–1869)
    • Edward Auer
      American musician, born 1941
    • Daniel Auer
      Austrian cyclist, born 1994
    • Doris Auer
      Austrian athletics competitor (born 1971)
    • Jon Auer
      American musician, born 1969
    • Victor Auer
      American sports shooter (1937-2011)
    • Hansjörg Auer
      Austrian mountaineer (1984–2019)
    • Christian Auer
      Austrian skeleton racer, born 1966

    Notable Auers come mostly from Austria (8), the United States (5) and Germany (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Auer

    Auer has the Soundex code A600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A600.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Auer come from?
    Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”).
    How common is the surname Auer?
    3,578 people in the United States had the surname Auer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,290 Americans. It ranked 9,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Auer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Auer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Auer?
    Lucas Auer, Austrian racing driver, followed by Florence Auer.
    Where is the surname Auer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Auer in Austria, the United States and Germany.
    How do you pronounce Auer?
    Auer is /ˈaʊɚ/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Auer?
    Auer is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Auer getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,578 in 2010, up 4.9%.