The Gauer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 769 people carried this name — #30,390 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 21% from 635 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 337 people named Gauer.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Haut-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
76 people named Gauer live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Gauer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernhard Gauer 1882–1955 · painter
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Emil Gauer 1905–1991 · mayor
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Otto Gauer 1909–1979 · physician
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Ignác Gauer 1909–1944
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Charlie Gauer 1921–1973 · American football player
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Werner Gauer 1937– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gauer.
- Gaudenzi 111 · U.S. census
- Gaudet 4,814 · U.S. census
- Gaudin 1,194 · U.S. census
- Gaudino 594 · U.S. census
- Gaudry 205 · U.S. census
- Gaudy 226 · U.S. census
- Gauger 2,374 · U.S. census
- Gaugler 1,001 · U.S. census
- Gaul 4,650 · U.S. census
- Gaule 149 · U.S. census
- Gaulin 892 · U.S. census
- Gault 6,360 · U.S. census
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