The Sauer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 15,474 people carried this name — #2,151 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 527 people named Sauer.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 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
336 people named Sauer live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
256 people named Sauer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 429 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 40 people named Sauer 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 print
Sauer in American newspapers,
1918–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 141,112 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sauer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Laurentius Surius 1522–1578 · writer -
Friedrich Adolph Sauer 1765–1839 · Catholic priest -
Ignác Sauer 1801–1863 · physician -
Wilhelm Sauer 1831–1916 · organ builder -
August Sauer 1855–1926 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 128 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sauer.
- Sau 239 · U.S. census
- Saubert 206 · U.S. census
- Sauce 254 · U.S. census
- Saucier 6,344 · U.S. census
- Saude 154 · U.S. census
- Sauder 2,521 · U.S. census
- Saul 6,916 · U.S. census
- Saulle 171 · U.S. census
- Saulnier 1,414 · U.S. census
- Sault 336 · U.S. census
- Saumier 153 · U.S. census
- Saunders 67,210 · U.S. census
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