# Aul (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 766 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,477 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 403,062 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.9% (697 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a north German surname, spelling variant of Ohl, related to Ulrich. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Ahl. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Auel, occupational surname for a potter, from a Middle High German borrowing of Latin olla (“pot, jar”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aul 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) | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Ayala, Ali, Alley, Aiello, Allee, Alloway, Allie, Alli, Aly, Ally, Ahl, Ale.

## 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.