# Hauer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hauer/  
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) | 3,118 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,332 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 99,020 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (2,880 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Occupational surname borrowed from German Hauer (“hewer, miner”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hauer 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hauer in Austria.

## People named Hauer

- Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer (1883–1959)

## Similar surnames

Hare, Hair, Harr, Haire, Heuer, Haar, Hayer, Her, Herr, Haro, Harry, Hoyer.

## 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.