Find out how popular the last name Aust is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Aust.

Aust, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Aust surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aust in America

Aust is the 17481st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aust surname appeared 1,612 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Aust.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aust to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Aust

The surname Aust originated in Germany, where it first appeared in the late Middle Ages, around the 13th or 14th century. The name likely derived from the Germanic word "aust," meaning "east," suggesting that early bearers of this surname may have hailed from eastern regions or lived in an easterly location.

One of the earliest known records of the Aust name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, a collection of historical documents from the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which mentions an individual named Nicolaus Aust in 1375. Additionally, the name appears in the Breviarium Grimense, a chronicle of the town of Grimma, Saxony, where a certain Johannes Aust is recorded in 1490.

The Aust surname is also associated with various place names in Germany, such as Austdorf (now part of Mühlhausen, Thuringia) and Austen (a district of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt). These place names may have influenced the spelling and spread of the Aust surname across different regions.

Notable individuals with the surname Aust include Johannes Aust (c. 1515-1591), a German poet and Protestant reformer from Saxony, and Johann Aust (1570-1632), a German theologian and professor at the University of Leipzig. In the 18th century, Johann Samuel Aust (1715-1786) was a prominent German philologist and educator from Saxony.

Moving into the 19th century, Friedrich Aust (1813-1887) was a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Berlin. Another notable figure was Wilhelm Aust (1866-1952), a German painter and illustrator known for his landscapes and genre scenes.

Throughout history, the Aust surname has been present across various regions of Germany, with bearers contributing to various fields, including literature, theology, education, architecture, and the arts.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aust

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Aust.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Aust was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Aust has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Aust was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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