How common is the surname Loeb?

3,059 people in the United States had the surname Loeb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,930 Americans. It ranked 10,491st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Loeb?

Lisa Loeb, American musician, followed by Jeph Loeb.

Where is the surname Loeb most common?

Wikidata records people named Loeb in the United States.

Is the surname Loeb getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,059 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Loeb

A German surname, carried by 3,059 people in the United States.

Pronounced /loʊb/ 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). Loeb is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 3,059 people named Loeb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,930 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,119.

#10,491

rank among US surnames

3,059

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,563)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,484	Caylor	3,064	100,766
#10,486	Caffrey	3,062	100,831
#10,487	Arens	3,060	100,897
#10,491	Garth	3,059	100,930
#10,498	Chatfield	3,057	100,996
#10,499	Fulbright	3,056	101,029

Who is named Loeb

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

92% of people named Loeb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Loebs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lisa Loeb
American musician, born 1968
Jeph Loeb
American comics writer, born 1958
Jamie Loeb
American female tennis player, born 1995
Chuck Loeb
American smooth jazz guitarist and musician (1955-2017)
James Loeb
American banker, Hellenist and philanthropist (1867–1933)
Nick Loeb
American businessman, born 1975
Janice Loeb
American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer, 1902–1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loeb

Loeb 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 Loeb come from?: Borrowed from German Löb, from a dialectal variant of Löwe (“lion”).
How common is the surname Loeb?: 3,059 people in the United States had the surname Loeb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,930 Americans. It ranked 10,491st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loeb?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Loeb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Loeb?: Lisa Loeb, American musician, followed by Jeph Loeb.
Where is the surname Loeb most common?: Wikidata records people named Loeb in the United States.
How do you pronounce Loeb?: Loeb is /loʊb/, one syllable.
Is the surname Loeb getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,059 in 2010, down 1.9%.