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

Neugebauer, 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 Neugebauer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Neugebauer in America

Neugebauer is the 17775th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Neugebauer surname appeared 1,576 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 Neugebauer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Neugebauer 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 Neugebauer

The surname Neugebauer originated in Germany, with its earliest recorded examples dating back to the 14th century. It is derived from the German words "neu" meaning "new" and "gebauer" meaning "farmer" or "peasant cultivator." This suggests that the name was likely given to someone who had recently settled in an area and taken up farming.

The name Neugebauer was initially more common in the regions of Bavaria and Saxony, where many early records of the name can be found. Some of the earliest documented instances include a Johann Neugebauer mentioned in a 1387 record from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, and a Hans Neugebauer listed in a 1423 register from the city of Leipzig.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name began to spread more widely across German-speaking areas, with various spellings such as Neugebawer, Neugebauer, and Neugepauer appearing in historical documents from different regions. One notable figure from this period was the astronomer and mathematician Erasmus Neugebauer, who lived from 1590 to 1635 and made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics.

As the name continued to evolve, it was sometimes associated with specific place names, such as Neugebauer auf dem Berg (Neugebauer on the Mountain) or Neugebauer am Feld (Neugebauer in the Field), reflecting the agricultural roots of the surname.

Other notable individuals with the Neugebauer surname throughout history include the German-American archaeologist and historian Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990), who specialized in the study of ancient mathematics and astronomy, and the American mathematician and computer scientist Oswald Neugebauer (1915-1997), known for his work in numerical analysis and computational mathematics.

In the 19th century, the name Neugebauer was also found among German immigrants to the United States, such as Johann Georg Neugebauer (1811-1887), a Lutheran pastor and author who settled in Pennsylvania, and Johann Neugebauer (1825-1902), a German-American soldier and businessman who fought in the American Civil War.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Neugebauer

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

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

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