The Bauer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 65,004 people carried this name — #517 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,540 people counted. That is up 5% from 61,979 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,139 people named Bauer.
353 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,709 people named Bauer live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,431 people named Bauer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
1,518 people named Bauer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,002 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Bauer live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,204 people named Bauer are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bauer in American newspapers,
1899–1900.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 275,905 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bauer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer 1731–1783 · engineer -
Franz Bauer 1758–1840 · illustrator -
Ferdinand Bauer 1760–1826 · illustrator -
Anton Bauer 1772–1843 · jurist -
Ferdinand Christian Baur 1792–1860 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 87 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bauer.
- Baudino 257 · U.S. census
- Baudoin 1,720 · U.S. census
- Baudouin 184 · U.S. census
- Baudoux 122 · U.S. census
- Baudry 186 · U.S. census
- Baue 107 · U.S. census
- Bauerle 1,177 · U.S. census
- Baule 116 · U.S. census
- Bault 370 · U.S. census
- Baum 16,334 · U.S. census
- Bauman 17,641 · U.S. census
- Baumann 14,644 · U.S. census
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