How common is the surname Schreiber?

16,034 people in the United States had the surname Schreiber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,256 Americans. It ranked 2,269th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schreiber?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schreiber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schreiber?

Liev Schreiber, American actor (born 1967), followed by Stuart Schreiber.

Where is the surname Schreiber most common?

Wikidata records people named Schreiber in the United States, the United Kingdom and Cisleithania and 1 other country.

Is the surname Schreiber getting more or less common?

More common. 15,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,034 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Schreiber

A German surname, carried by 16,034 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schreiber is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German of German origin.

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 16,034 people named Schreiber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,256 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,945.

#2,269

rank among US surnames

16,034

people in 2010

5.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,086)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,265	Lyles	16,062	19,222
#2,266	Dias	16,044	19,244
#2,268	McNally	16,039	19,250
#2,269	Schreiber	16,034	19,256

Who is named Schreiber

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

96% of people named Schreiber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schreibers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Liev Schreiber
American actor (born 1967)
Stuart Schreiber
American chemist, born 1956
Avery Schreiber
American comedian, 1935–2002
Martin J. Schreiber
American politician, born 1939
Simon Schreiber
Austrian rabbi (1820-1883)
Kai Schreiber
American actress, born 2008
Edmond Schreiber
British Army general (1890–1972)
Moses Sofer
Austro-Hungarian rabbi (1762–1839)

Notable Schreibers come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (2) and Cisleithania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schreiber

Schriver

Schreiber has the Soundex code S616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S616.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schreiber come from?: Schreiber is German in origin.
How common is the surname Schreiber?: 16,034 people in the United States had the surname Schreiber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,256 Americans. It ranked 2,269th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schreiber?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schreiber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schreiber?: Liev Schreiber, American actor (born 1967), followed by Stuart Schreiber.
Where is the surname Schreiber most common?: Wikidata records people named Schreiber in the United States, the United Kingdom and Cisleithania and 1 other country.
Is the surname Schreiber getting more or less common?: More common. 15,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,034 in 2010, up 0.6%.