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The surname Neuberger

A German surname, carried by 1,519 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex N162

Neuberger: #18,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Neuberger #18,278, 1,519 people Neuberger: #18,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neuberger #18,278, 1,519 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neuberger is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Neuberger.

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 1,519 people named Neuberger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,492.

#18,278
rank among US surnames
1,519
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+1.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,426)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,272Loja1,520203,122
#18,278Merlin1,519203,256
#18,286Langlais1,518203,390

Who is named Neuberger

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

96% of people named Neuberger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Neubergers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Roy Neuberger
    American businessman and art collector (1903-2010)
  • Richard L. Neuberger
    American journalist, author, and politician during the middle of the 20th century (1912–19

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Neuberger

Neuberger has the Soundex code N162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N162.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Neuberger come from?
Borrowed from German Neuberger.
How common is the surname Neuberger?
1,519 people in the United States had the surname Neuberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. It ranked 18,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neuberger?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Neuberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Neuberger?
Roy Neuberger, American businessman and art collector (1903-2010), followed by Richard L. Neuberger.
Where is the surname Neuberger most common?
Wikidata records people named Neuberger in the United States.
Is the surname Neuberger getting more or less common?
More common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,519 in 2010, up 1.8%.