How common is the surname Neuhaus?

2,324 people in the United States had the surname Neuhaus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. It ranked 13,160th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Neuhaus?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Neuhaus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Neuhaus?

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist.

Where is the surname Neuhaus most common?

Wikidata records people named Neuhaus in Habsburg monarchy.

Is the surname Neuhaus getting more or less common?

More common. 2,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,324 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Neuhaus

A German surname, carried by 2,324 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neuhaus is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Neuhaus.

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 2,324 people named Neuhaus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,263.

#13,160

rank among US surnames

2,324

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,558)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,153	Washam	2,327	132,680
#13,155	Huezo	2,326	132,737
#13,158	Cannella	2,325	132,794
#13,160	Neuhaus	2,324	132,851
#13,165	Pettyjohn	2,323	132,908
#13,166	Ziemer	2,322	132,965

Who is named Neuhaus

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

94% of people named Neuhaus identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Neuhauss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
Austrian entomologist, 1723–1798

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Neuhaus

Niehaus

Neuhaus has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Neuhaus come from?: Borrowed from German Neuhaus.
How common is the surname Neuhaus?: 2,324 people in the United States had the surname Neuhaus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. It ranked 13,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neuhaus?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Neuhaus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Neuhaus?: Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist.
Where is the surname Neuhaus most common?: Wikidata records people named Neuhaus in Habsburg monarchy.
Is the surname Neuhaus getting more or less common?: More common. 2,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,324 in 2010, up 2.7%.