Austin
113,709 people in the United States were counted with the surname Austin in the 2020 census, making it the 270th most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,629.
By the numbers
- People
- 113,709
- Rank
- 270th
- How common
- 1 in 2,629
- Per 100,000
- 38.0
Where the name comes from
Origin a patronymic
From Middle English Austin, from Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, similar to Old French Aostin, Austin, a popular variant of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Austin described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Austin
- Lloyd J. Austin III (born 1953)United States 28th Secretary of Defense
- Tracy Austin (born 1962)US tennis player
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964)American professional wrestler and actor
- John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960)English philosopher
- Jake T. Austin (born 1994)American actor
- Charlie Austin (born 1989)English association football player
- John Austin (1790–1859)legal philosopher;
- Alfred Austin (1835–1913)British writer and poet
People named Austin with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Also a first name
Austin has been given to 443,723 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1995. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.