How common is the surname Laub?

3,131 people in the United States had the surname Laub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. It ranked 10,292nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Laub?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Laub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Laub?

Ferdinand Laub, Bohemian violinist and composer (1832–1875), followed by Michel Laub.

Where is the surname Laub most common?

Wikidata records people named Laub in the Austrian Empire, Brazil and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

Is the surname Laub getting more or less common?

More common. 3,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,131 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Laub

A surname, carried by 3,131 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laub is more common than 93.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,131 people named Laub in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,057.

#10,292

rank among US surnames

3,131

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,759)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546
#10,290	Jarquin	3,132	98,578
#10,292	Andress	3,131	98,609
#10,297	Breese	3,130	98,641
#10,298	Myhre	3,129	98,672

Who is named Laub

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

92% of people named Laub identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laubs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ferdinand Laub
Bohemian violinist and composer (1832–1875)
Michel Laub
Brazilian writer, born 1973
Philip de László
Anglo-Hungarian artist (1869-1937)
Phoebe Snow
American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1950–2011)

Notable Laubs come mostly from the Austrian Empire (1), Brazil (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laub

Laub has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

How common is the surname Laub?: 3,131 people in the United States had the surname Laub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. It ranked 10,292nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laub?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Laub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Laub?: Ferdinand Laub, Bohemian violinist and composer (1832–1875), followed by Michel Laub.
Where is the surname Laub most common?: Wikidata records people named Laub in the Austrian Empire, Brazil and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
Is the surname Laub getting more or less common?: More common. 3,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,131 in 2010, up 2.4%.