How common is the surname Hauer?

3,118 people in the United States had the surname Hauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,020 Americans. It ranked 10,332nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hauer?

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

Where is the surname Hauer most common?

Wikidata records people named Hauer in Austria.

Is the surname Hauer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,118 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Hauer

A German occupational surname, carried by 3,118 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hauer is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Hauer 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 3,118 people named Hauer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,020 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,880.

#10,332

rank among US surnames

3,118

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,258)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,324	Joo	3,121	98,925
#10,326	Wegener	3,120	98,957
#10,331	Magruder	3,119	98,989
#10,332	Hauer	3,118	99,020
#10,334	Cheshire	3,117	99,052
#10,337	Madson	3,116	99,084
#10,339	Leroux	3,115	99,116

Who is named Hauer

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

92% of people named Hauer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hauers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josef Matthias Hauer
Austrian composer (1883–1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hauer

Hauer has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hauer come from?: Occupational surname borrowed from German Hauer (“hewer, miner”).
How common is the surname Hauer?: 3,118 people in the United States had the surname Hauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,020 Americans. It ranked 10,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hauer?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hauer?: Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer (1883–1959).
Where is the surname Hauer most common?: Wikidata records people named Hauer in Austria.
What type of surname is Hauer?: Hauer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hauer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,118 in 2010, up 8.3%.