The Hauer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,118 people carried this name — #10,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 2,880 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hauer surname
Occupational surname borrowed from German Hauer (“hewer, miner”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hauer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 190 people named Hauer.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
111 people named Hauer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 156 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 70 people named Hauer 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 Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
61 people named Hauer live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
81 people named Hauer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Hauer in American newspapers,
1896–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,813 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hauer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Jacques Hauer 1751–1829 · painter -
Barbara Fritchie 1766–1862 -
Josef Hauer 1769–1848 · military physician -
Josef Hauer 1769–1848 · military physician
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Johann Joseph von Hauer d. 1781
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Johann Christoph Hauer 1663–1713 · deacon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hauer.
- Hattier 159 · U.S. census
- Hatton 12,090 · U.S. census
- Hau 3,592 · U.S. census
- Hauber 1,014 · U.S. census
- Haubert 1,120 · U.S. census
- Hauck 8,322 · U.S. census
- Hauff 994 · U.S. census
- Haug 4,989 · U.S. census
- Hauger 1,292 · U.S. census
- Haumesser 243 · U.S. census
- Haupert 699 · U.S. census
- Haupt 5,327 · U.S. census
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