How common is the surname Bauer?

65,004 people in the United States had the surname Bauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,750 Americans. It ranked 517th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bauer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bauer?

Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat (1881-1938), followed by Chris Bauer.

Where is the surname Bauer most common?

Wikidata records people named Bauer in the United States, Austria and the Austrian Empire and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Bauer?

Bauer is /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bauer getting more or less common?

More common. 61,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 65,004 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Bauer

A German occupational surname, carried by 65,004 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bauer is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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”).

Bauer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 65,004 people named Bauer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,750 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 61,979.

#517

rank among US surnames

65,004

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #484)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#508	Ball	66,059	4,674
#509	Tyler	66,056	4,674
#510	Suarez	66,013	4,677
#511	Bowers	66,003	4,678
#512	Orozco	65,904	4,685
#513	Salas	65,468	4,716
#514	Cobb	65,125	4,741

Who is named Bauer

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

95% of people named Bauer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bauers

32 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Otto Bauer
Austrian Social Democrat (1881-1938)
Chris Bauer
American actor, born 1966
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, born 1992
Trevor Bauer
American professional baseball player (born 1991)
Gustave Bauer
American wrestler (1884–1947)
Michelle Bauer
American actress, born 1958
Adele Bloch-Bauer
Austrian art collector and model for Gustav Klimt (1881-1925)
Belinda Bauer
Actress, born 1950

Notable Bauers come mostly from the United States (17), Austria (7) and the Austrian Empire (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bauer

Bauer has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bauer come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Bauer?: 65,004 people in the United States had the surname Bauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,750 Americans. It ranked 517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bauer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bauer?: Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat (1881-1938), followed by Chris Bauer.
Where is the surname Bauer most common?: Wikidata records people named Bauer in the United States, Austria and the Austrian Empire and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Bauer?: Bauer is /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Bauer?: Bauer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bauer getting more or less common?: More common. 61,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 65,004 in 2010, up 4.9%.