Auer

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”). === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: owʹər, IPA(key): /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ (US, Canada) enPR: owr, IPA(key): /ˈaʊɚ/ Homophones: hour, our === Proper noun === Auer (countable and uncountable, plural Auers) A surname from German. A surname from Finnish. A municipality in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Italian spelling: Ora. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Auer is the 9125th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3578 individuals. Auer is most common among White (94.94%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Auer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69. === Anagrams === eaur, urea == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈau̯ɛr] === Proper noun === Auer m anim (female equivalent Auerová) a male surname from German ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Auer”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) Matúšová, Jana (2015), Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 26 == Finnish == === Etymology === < auer, adopted at least during the Fennicization of surnames in the early 20th century === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.er/, [ˈɑ̝u̯.e̞r] Rhymes: -ɑuer Syllabification(key): Au‧er Hyphenation(key): Au‧er === Proper noun === Auer a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Auer is the 2547th (tied with 8 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 312 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German ūre, from Old French ore, eure, from Latin hōra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɑʊ̯.ɐ] Rhymes: -ɑʊɐ === Noun === Auer f (plural Aueren) clock, watch (invariable) o'clock (archaic) synonym of Stonn (“hour”) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /auer/, [ˈauer] Rhymes: -uer Hyphenation: A‧u‧er === Proper noun === Auer m pers (female equivalent Auerová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Auer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026