How common is the surname Lieb?

3,207 people in the United States had the surname Lieb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,272 Americans. It ranked 10,044th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lieb?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lieb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Lieb?

Elliott H. Lieb, American mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton Univ, followed by Tom Lieb.

Where is the surname Lieb most common?

Wikidata records people named Lieb in the United States.

Is the surname Lieb getting more or less common?

More common. 3,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,207 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Lieb

A German surname, carried by 3,207 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). Lieb is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 3,207 people named Lieb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,272 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,141.

#10,044

rank among US surnames

3,207

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,491)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,036	Eccles	3,209	96,212
#10,041	Caster	3,208	96,242
#10,044	Lieb	3,207	96,272
#10,046	Pound	3,206	96,302
#10,050	Dasher	3,205	96,332

Who is named Lieb

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

92% of people named Lieb identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Liebs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elliott H. Lieb
American mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton Univ, born 1932
Tom Lieb
American discus thrower and football player (1899–1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lieb

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lieb come from?: From the German surname, from Middle High German liep (“dear”), from Old High German liob, from Proto-West Germanic *leubu (“love”).
How common is the surname Lieb?: 3,207 people in the United States had the surname Lieb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,272 Americans. It ranked 10,044th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lieb?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lieb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Lieb?: Elliott H. Lieb, American mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton Univ, followed by Tom Lieb.
Where is the surname Lieb most common?: Wikidata records people named Lieb in the United States.
Is the surname Lieb getting more or less common?: More common. 3,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,207 in 2010, up 2.1%.