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

Blauer, 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 Blauer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blauer in America

Blauer is the 53538th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blauer surname appeared 386 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Blauer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blauer 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 Blauer

The surname Blauer originated in Germany and can be traced back to the 13th century. It is derived from the Middle High German word "bla," which means "blue." This suggests that the name likely referred to someone who dyed cloth or worked with blue dyes or pigments.

The earliest known record of the name Blauer appears in a document from the city of Nuremberg dated 1285, where a person named Heinrich Blauer is mentioned. This indicates that the name was already established in southern Germany by the late medieval period.

In the 16th century, the name Blauer can be found in various records from the region of Saxony, particularly in the cities of Leipzig and Dresden. One notable person with this name was Johannes Blauer, a Lutheran theologian and professor at the University of Leipzig, who was born in 1542 and died in 1612.

The name Blauer also appears in historical records from the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany. In the 17th century, a family named Blauer lived in the town of Frankenthal, and their descendants can be traced through church and civil records.

During the 18th century, the Blauer surname spread to other parts of Germany, including the Rhineland and Bavaria. One notable figure from this period was Johann Friedrich Blauer, a German composer and organist who was born in Nuremberg in 1765 and died in 1840.

In the 19th century, the Blauer name can be found in various German-speaking areas, including Austria and Switzerland. One prominent individual with this surname was Karl Blauer, an Austrian landscape painter who was born in Vienna in 1804 and died in 1888.

As German immigrants began to settle in other parts of the world, the Blauer surname also spread to different countries. For example, in the late 19th century, a family named Blauer emigrated from Germany to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania.

Throughout its history, the Blauer surname has maintained a connection to its origins as a descriptive name related to the color blue or the dyeing of cloth. Despite its widespread distribution, it remains predominantly associated with German-speaking regions and their diasporas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blauer

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

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 Blauer 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 Blauer 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 Blauer was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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