# Bauer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bauer/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 65,004 |
| US rank (2010) | 517 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,750 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (61,979 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, from German Bauer (“farmer”). Compare Bower. * Also as a German and Jewish surname, from the obsolete Middle High German noun (ge)būr (“neighbour”), from Old High German bur (“dwelling”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bauer 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) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bauer in the United States, Austria, the Austrian Empire, Brazil, Australia and Cisleithania.

## People named Bauer

- Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat (1881-1938)
- Chris Bauer, American actor
- Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (1925-2007)
- Sybil Bauer, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1903-1927)
- Ferdinand Bauer, Austrian botanist illustrator (1760–1826)
- Franz Bauer, Austrian microscopist and botanical artist (1758-1840)
- Moritz Bauer, Austrian footballer
- Trevor Bauer, American professional baseball player (born 1991)
- Gustave Bauer, American wrestler (1884–1947)
- Michelle Bauer, American actress
- Adele Bloch-Bauer, Austrian art collector and model for Gustav Klimt (1881-1925)
- Belinda Bauer, actress

and 20 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Barr, Baer, Bair, Bahr, Bare, Baier, Baur, Barre, Baehr, Baar, Bayer, Berry.

## 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.