How common is the surname Aust?

1,612 people in the United States had the surname Aust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Aust?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Aust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Aust getting more or less common?

More common. 1,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Aust

A German place surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aust is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname, from Aust, shortened from August and Augustin. * As an English surname, from the placename in England (see Etymology 2 above).

Aust 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 1,612 people named Aust in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,591.

#17,481

rank among US surnames

1,612

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,602)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,472	Wisneski	1,613	191,411
#17,481	Searls	1,612	191,529

Who is named Aust

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

94% of people named Aust identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Aust

Aust has the Soundex code A230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A230.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Aust come from?: * As a German surname, from Aust, shortened from August and Augustin. * As an English surname, from the placename in England (see Etymology 2 above).
How common is the surname Aust?: 1,612 people in the United States had the surname Aust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aust?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Aust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Aust?: Aust is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Aust getting more or less common?: More common. 1,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 1.3%.