Neuhaus is a German surname meaning "new house".

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 68.0% of all known bearers of the surname ''Neuhaus'' were residents of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

(frequency 1:4,092), 11.7% of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

(1:106,942), 10.1% of

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

(1:2,808) and 5.8% of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

(1:122,170). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,092) in the following states: * 1.

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

(1:1,341) * 2.

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

(1:3,022) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,808) in the following cantons:Neuhaus surname distribution
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Canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...

(1:315) * 2.

Canton of Bern The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...

(1:1,527) * 3.

Canton of Neuchâtel The Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel (; ; ; ) is a mostly French-speaking canton in western Switzerland. In 2007, its population was 169,782, of whom 39,654 (or 23.4%) were foreigners. The capital is Neuchâtel. History County of Neuchâtel ...

(1:2,258) * 4.

Canton of Solothurn The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (; ; ; ) is a Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn. History The village of ''Salodurum'' was founded in the time of t ...

(1:2,311) * 5.

Canton of Aargau Aargau ( ; ), more formally the Canton of Aargau (; ; ; ), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capital is Aarau. Aargau is one of the most northerly cantons of Switzerland, by th ...

(1:2,435)

People

* Beatriz Neuhaus (born 1925), Argentine human rights activist * Florian Neuhaus (born 1997), German footballer *

Gert Neuhaus Gert Neuhaus (born February 21, 1939) is a German artist. Academics Neuhaus was born in Berlin, Germany. He studied graphics and exhibition design at the University of Arts Berlin (HdK), 1956–1962. Since 1982, he has been teaching arts at seve ...

(born 1939), German artist *

Heinrich Neuhaus Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus (, , Genrikh Gustavovič Nejgauz, 10 October 1964) was a Russian pianist and teacher. Part of a musical dynasty, he grew up in a Polish-speaking household. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. Neuhaus ...

(1888–1964), Soviet pianist *

Max Neuhaus Max Neuhaus (August 9, 1939 – February 3, 2009) was an American musician, composer and artist who was a noted interpreter of contemporary and experimental percussion music in the 1960s. He went on to create numerous permanent and short-term so ...

(1939–2009), American percussionist *

Richard John Neuhaus Richard John Neuhaus (May 14, 1936 – January 8, 2009) was a prominent writer and Christian cleric (first in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, then the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and later the Catholic Church). Born in Canada, N ...

(1936–2009), American-Canadian Catholic priest and writer * Stanislav Neuhaus (1927–1980), Soviet pianist, son of Heinrich

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{{surname, Neuhaus German-language surnames Surnames of German origin

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