How common is the surname Schober?

2,760 people in the United States had the surname Schober in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,864 Americans. It ranked 11,415th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schober?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schober identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schober?

Johann Schober, Austrian chancellor and politician (1874-1932), followed by Franz von Schober.

Where is the surname Schober most common?

Wikidata records people named Schober in Austria.

Is the surname Schober getting more or less common?

More common. 2,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,760 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Schober

A German surname, carried by 2,760 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schober is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schober.

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 2,760 people named Schober in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,864 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,632.

#11,415

rank among US surnames

2,760

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,080)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,409	Hage	2,763	111,743
#11,411	Hallberg	2,762	111,783
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864
#11,420	Polzin	2,759	111,905
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945

Who is named Schober

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

95% of people named Schober identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schobers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johann Schober
Austrian chancellor and politician (1874-1932)
Franz von Schober
Austrian poet and Librettist (1796–1882)
Wolfgang Schober
Association footballer, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Shober

Surnames that sound like Schober

Schober has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schober come from?: Borrowed from German Schober.
How common is the surname Schober?: 2,760 people in the United States had the surname Schober in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,864 Americans. It ranked 11,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schober?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schober identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schober?: Johann Schober, Austrian chancellor and politician (1874-1932), followed by Franz von Schober.
Where is the surname Schober most common?: Wikidata records people named Schober in Austria.
Is the surname Schober getting more or less common?: More common. 2,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,760 in 2010, up 4.9%.
What are other spellings of Schober?: Shober.