Neuhaus (surname)
Appearance
Neuhaus is a German surname meaning "new house".
Geographical distribution
[edit]As of 2014, 68.0% of all known bearers of the surname Neuhaus were residents of Germany (frequency 1:4,092), 11.7% of the United States (1:106,942), 10.1% of Switzerland (1:2,808) and 5.8% of Brazil (1:122,170).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,092) in the following states:
- 1. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:1,341)
- 2. Bremen (1:3,022)
In Switzerland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,808) in the following cantons:[1]
- 1. Canton of Fribourg (1:315)
- 2. Canton of Bern (1:1,527)
- 3. Canton of Neuchâtel (1:2,258)
- 4. Canton of Solothurn (1:2,311)
- 5. Canton of Aargau (1:2,435)
People
[edit]- Beatriz Neuhaus (born 1925), Argentine human rights activist
- Florian Neuhaus (born 1997), German footballer
- Gert Neuhaus (born 1939), German artist
- Heinrich Neuhaus (1888–1964), Soviet pianist
- Max Neuhaus (1939–2009), American percussionist
- Richard John Neuhaus (1936–2009), American-Canadian Catholic priest and writer
- Stanislav Neuhaus (1927–1980), Soviet pianist, son of Heinrich
See also
[edit]- Niehaus, Low German variant of the name
- Niehues, Westphalian variant of the name