How common is the surname Lauer?

11,414 people in the United States had the surname Lauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,050 Americans. It ranked 3,161st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lauer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lauer?

Martin Lauer, athletics competitor (1937–2019), followed by Matt Lauer.

Where is the surname Lauer most common?

Wikidata records people named Lauer in the United States and Germany.

Is the surname Lauer getting more or less common?

More common. 11,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,414 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Lauer

A surname, carried by 11,414 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lauer is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,414 people named Lauer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,050 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,281.

#3,161

rank among US surnames

11,414

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,928)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,152	Butterfield	11,468	26,922
#3,153	Franz	11,462	26,936
#3,154	Keane	11,459	26,943
#3,155	Gooch	11,453	26,958
#3,156	Baumgartner	11,448	26,969
#3,157	Devore	11,445	26,976
#3,158	Hyman	11,436	26,998

Who is named Lauer

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

96% of people named Lauer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lauers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martin Lauer
Athletics competitor (1937–2019)
Matt Lauer
American journalist (1957-)
Andrew Lauer
American actor, born 1965
Fred Lauer
American water polo player (1898–1960)

Notable Lauers come mostly from the United States (3) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lauer

Lauer has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

Questions

How common is the surname Lauer?: 11,414 people in the United States had the surname Lauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,050 Americans. It ranked 3,161st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lauer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lauer?: Martin Lauer, athletics competitor (1937–2019), followed by Matt Lauer.
Where is the surname Lauer most common?: Wikidata records people named Lauer in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Lauer getting more or less common?: More common. 11,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,414 in 2010, up 1.2%.