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The surname Mauer

A surname, carried by 3,292 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Mauer: #9,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mauer #9,834, 3,292 people Mauer: #9,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mauer #9,834, 3,292 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mauer is more common than 93.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,292 people named Mauer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,787 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,169.

#9,834
rank among US surnames
3,292
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+3.9%
change since 2000 (was #9,414)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,827Polston3,29593,701
#9,830Eisner3,29493,730
#9,833Starrett3,29393,758
#9,834Mauer3,29293,787
#9,836Depasquale3,29093,844
#9,839Riccardi3,28993,872

Who is named Mauer

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

94% of people named Mauer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mauers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Joe Mauer
    American Hall of Fame baseball player, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mauer

Mauer has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Mauer?
3,292 people in the United States had the surname Mauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,787 Americans. It ranked 9,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mauer?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mauer?
Joe Mauer, American Hall of Fame baseball player.
Where is the surname Mauer most common?
Wikidata records people named Mauer in the United States.
Is the surname Mauer getting more or less common?
More common. 3,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,292 in 2010, up 3.9%.