# Sauer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sauer/  
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 of Austrian origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,430 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,364 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,009 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (15,474 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from Middle High German sur (“sour”) (modern German sauer).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sauer 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sauer in the United States, Austria and Brazil.

## People named Sauer

- Carl O. Sauer, American geographer (1889-1975)
- Fred Sauer, Austrian actor and film director (1886-1952)
- August Sauer, Austrian docent, scientist and university professor (1855-1926)
- Hank Sauer, American baseball player and coach (1917–2001)
- Gustavo Sauer, Brazilian association football player
- Kurt Sauer, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Sayre, Suero, Saar, Sawyer, Schauer, Sayer, Squier, Square, Sierra, Soria, Shore, Sherry.

## 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.