Explore the Family Name Hauter

The meaning of Hauter

Swiss German (Häuter), German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a skinner and/or dealer in skins and hides, from Middle High German hūt ‘hide, skin’ (modern German Haut) + -er, agent suffix.

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How common is the last name Hauter in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hauter showed an increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. It climbed the ranks from 43,463 to 39,486, showing a growth of approximately 9.15%. This was concurrent with an increase in the number of individuals carrying the Hauter surname, which rose by 19.02% from 468 in 2000 to 557 in 2010. The proportion of the Hauter surname per 100k people also saw an increase during this period, going up by 11.76%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,463	#39,486	9.15%
Count	468	557	19.02%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.19	11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hauter

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Hauter, as reflected in the Decennial U.S. Census, displayed some changes between 2000 and 2010. Individuals identifying as White made up the largest proportion of those with the name, increasing by 5.84% to reach 88.87% in 2010. Interestingly, there was an emergence of Asian/Pacific Islanders identified with this surname, even though they were not represented in 2000. There was also a decline in the proportion of people identifying as two or more races, dropping by 52.20%, and those identifying as Hispanic, decreasing by 31.87%. During both census years, there were no individuals with the Hauter surname who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.97%	88.87%	5.84%
Two or More Races	10.9%	5.21%	-52.2%
Hispanic	3.42%	2.33%	-31.87%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.15%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%