How common is the surname Auerbach?

2,968 people in the United States had the surname Auerbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,025 Americans. It ranked 10,751st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Auerbach?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Auerbach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Auerbach?

Red Auerbach, American basketball coach (1917–2006), followed by Dan Auerbach.

Where is the surname Auerbach most common?

Wikidata records people named Auerbach in the United States.

Is the surname Auerbach getting more or less common?

More common. 2,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,968 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Auerbach

A German surname, carried by 2,968 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Auerbach is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Auerbach.

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 2,968 people named Auerbach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,025 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,961.

#10,751

rank among US surnames

2,968

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,042)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,743	Fifer	2,971	103,920
#10,747	Manos	2,970	103,955
#10,748	Hocking	2,969	103,990
#10,751	Caffey	2,968	104,025
#10,755	Moloney	2,967	104,060
#10,756	Bellard	2,966	104,095
#10,758	Butera	2,965	104,130

Who is named Auerbach

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

95% of people named Auerbach identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Auerbachs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Red Auerbach
American basketball coach (1917–2006)
Dan Auerbach
American musician, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Orebaugh

Auerbach has the Soundex code A612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A612.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Auerbach come from?: Borrowed from German Auerbach.
How common is the surname Auerbach?: 2,968 people in the United States had the surname Auerbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,025 Americans. It ranked 10,751st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Auerbach?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Auerbach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Auerbach?: Red Auerbach, American basketball coach (1917–2006), followed by Dan Auerbach.
Where is the surname Auerbach most common?: Wikidata records people named Auerbach in the United States.
Is the surname Auerbach getting more or less common?: More common. 2,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,968 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Auerbach?: Orebaugh.