How common is the surname Sauer?

15,430 people in the United States had the surname Sauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,009 Americans. It ranked 2,364th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sauer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sauer?

Carl O. Sauer, American geographer (1889-1975), followed by Fred Sauer.

Where is the surname Sauer most common?

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

Is the surname Sauer getting more or less common?

Less common. 15,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,430 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Sauer

A German surname, carried by 15,430 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sauer is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 15,430 people named Sauer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,009 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 15,474.

#2,364

rank among US surnames

15,430

people in 2010

5.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,151)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,355	Chatman	15,473	19,954
#2,356	Dow	15,472	19,955
#2,357	Carlos	15,462	19,968
#2,358	Antonio	15,461	19,969
#2,359	McKinnon	15,450	19,984
#2,360	Tabor	15,445	19,990
#2,361	Tinsley	15,442	19,994

Who is named Sauer

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

95% of people named Sauer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sauers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1993
Kurt Sauer
American ice hockey player, born 1981

Notable Sauers come mostly from the United States (3), Austria (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sauer

Sauer has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sauer come from?: From the German surname, from Middle High German sur (“sour”) (modern German sauer).
How common is the surname Sauer?: 15,430 people in the United States had the surname Sauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,009 Americans. It ranked 2,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sauer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sauer?: Carl O. Sauer, American geographer (1889-1975), followed by Fred Sauer.
Where is the surname Sauer most common?: Wikidata records people named Sauer in the United States, Austria and Brazil.
Is the surname Sauer getting more or less common?: Less common. 15,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,430 in 2010, down 0.3%.