How common is the last name Bauer?

62,667 people in the United States have the last name Bauer, about 1 in 4,770. It ranks #527 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BAUER

#527

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
62,667
About
1 in 4,770
This common or more
32.5%
Who bears it

Of the 62,667 people with the last name Bauer, 92.4% reported their origin as White, 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bauer

#525 Bowers · 62,913#526 Charles · 62,686#528 Tyler · 62,380#529 Cobb · 62,205

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,251 Baer · 15,713#3,392 Bayer · 10,305#6,620 Baier · 4,906#11,181 Baur · 2,706#36,396 Baher · 662

Also a first name

As a first name, Bauer ranks #17,356 of 53,615, with 637 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2019, with 62 births. See Bauer as a first name

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