# Schober (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schober/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,760 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,415 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 111,864 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (2,632 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Shober |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schober.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schober 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schober in Austria.

## People named Schober

- Johann Schober, Austrian chancellor and politician (1874-1932)
- Franz von Schober, Austrian poet and Librettist (1796–1882)
- Wolfgang Schober, Association footballer

## Similar surnames

Schieber, Schaber, Schaefer, Schafer, Schaffer, Schaeffer, Schipper, Schaper, Schiffer, Scheffer, Shover, Sober.

## 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.