A German surname, Auer it comes from the Old German term of ‘aue’ which referred to woods or a meadow. Variations in spelling Auer include Auers, Aur, Aurr, Auerr and Auerre. The Auer name originally came from the Bavaria region of Germany. Only in the city of London, England and Aberdeenshire, Scotland are their any number of Auer families. Within the United States early Auer families settled in the North and South Carolina, New York and Pennsylvanian colonies. They later moved into the mid-west to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. Famous: Leopold Auer (a renown violinist from Hungarian), Gregor Auer (professional basketball player), Karl Auer (well-known chemist from Austria), Ken Auer (early professional baseball player), August H. Auer Jr. (an atmospheric and meteorologist scientist from New Zealand) and Edward Auer (renown concert pianist).