The au Surname

au Name Meaning and History

South German, Swiss, and Austrian: topographic name from dialect Au ‘water meadow’, ‘stream’ (see Aue).
Chinese : variant of Ou 1.
Vietnamese: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of au Families in the US in 1920

Number of au families

16-30

6-15

1-5

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 8 - Messages: 19

Thread	Author	Replies
Au family	Antonia Seitz	10
Au/ Aue Family in Germany & PA, New Site	Donna Forney Clark	0
Au Family in Germany & PA	DonnaForney51	0
Au Family in Germany & PA	DonnaForney51	0
Emil Au, born Germany circa 1876 > died Jamaica Queens NY 1942	metaphor	0
Stephan Au(dik fun)	Lise Au	1
Peter August Au	Jerseylu	0
Au	ldrooster	0

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