# Lieb (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lieb/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,207 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,044 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,272 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (3,141 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from Middle High German liep (“dear”), from Old High German liob, from Proto-West Germanic *leubu (“love”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lieb in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lieb in the United States.

## People named Lieb

- Elliott H. Lieb, American mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton Univ
- Tom Lieb, American discus thrower and football player (1899–1962)

## Similar surnames

Libby, Loeb, Lebo, Leib, Leiby, Libbey, Lipe, Əliyev, Love, Levy, Leyva, Lavoie.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.