How common is the last name Austin?

113,709 people in the United States have the last name Austin, about 1 in 2,629. It ranks #270 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

AUSTIN

#270

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
113,709
About
1 in 2,629
This common or more
25.5%
Who bears it

Of the 113,709 people with the last name Austin, 64.6% reported their origin as White, 25.5% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Austin

#268 Jensen · 114,314#269 Lynch · 114,010#271 Wong · 112,062#272 Bishop · 112,014

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Austin, most common first.

#27,108 Austen · 944#30,403 Auston · 823#132,523 Austein · 133

Also a first name

As a first name, Austin ranks #136 of 53,615, with 362,154 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1995, with 26,080 births. See Austin as a first name

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