# Loeb (surname)

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

A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,059 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,491 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,930 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.9% (3,119 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /loʊb/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Löb, from a dialectal variant of Löwe (“lion”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loeb 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) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loeb in the United States.

## People named Loeb

- Lisa Loeb, American musician
- Jeph Loeb, American comics writer
- Jamie Loeb, American female tennis player
- Chuck Loeb, American smooth jazz guitarist and musician (1955-2017)
- James Loeb, American banker, Hellenist and philanthropist (1867–1933)
- Nick Loeb, American businessman
- Janice Loeb, American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer

## Similar surnames

Lobo, Lieb, Lebo, Lobb, Leib, Lobue, Looby, Love, Levy, Leyva, Libby, 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.