# Schreiber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schreiber/  
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 of German origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,034 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,269 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,256 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (15,945 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schreiber 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schreiber in the United States, the United Kingdom, Cisleithania and the Kingdom of Hungary.

## People named Schreiber

- Liev Schreiber, American actor (born 1967)
- Stuart Schreiber, American chemist
- Avery Schreiber, American comedian
- Martin J. Schreiber, American politician
- Simon Schreiber, Austrian rabbi (1820-1883)
- Kai Schreiber, American actress
- Edmond Schreiber, British Army general (1890–1972)
- Moses Sofer, Austro-Hungarian rabbi (1762–1839)

## Similar surnames

Schriver, Scarborough, Scarbrough, Sarver, Shriver, Surber, Scarberry, Surprenant, Sherburne, Scarboro, Sharper.

## 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.