How common is the surname Erbe?

1,486 people in the United States had the surname Erbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Erbe?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Erbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Erbe?

Kathryn Erbe, American actress, followed by Norman A. Erbe.

Where is the surname Erbe most common?

Wikidata records people named Erbe in the United States.

Is the surname Erbe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Erbe

A German surname, carried by 1,486 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Erbe is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Erbe.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,486 people named Erbe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,560.

#18,561

rank among US surnames

1,486

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,838)

Who is named Erbe

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Erbe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Erbes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathryn Erbe
American actress, born 1965
Norman A. Erbe
American politician (1919-2000)

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Surnames that sound like Erbe

Erbe has the Soundex code E610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E610.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Erbe come from?: Borrowed from German Erbe.
How common is the surname Erbe?: 1,486 people in the United States had the surname Erbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Erbe?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Erbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Erbe?: Kathryn Erbe, American actress, followed by Norman A. Erbe.
Where is the surname Erbe most common?: Wikidata records people named Erbe in the United States.
Is the surname Erbe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, down 4.7%.