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    The surname Schubert

    A German surname, carried by 12,629 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈʃubɚt/ 2 syllables Soundex S163

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schubert is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Schubert.

    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 12,629 people named Schubert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,447 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,460.

    #2,856
    rank among US surnames
    12,629
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,664)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,847Pan12,66424,380
    #2,848Guardado12,65624,395
    #2,849Benavidez12,64824,411
    #2,850Garber12,64024,426
    #2,852Lerma12,63924,428
    #2,853Alcantara12,63624,434
    #2,854Houck12,63424,438

    Who is named Schubert

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

    94% of people named Schubert identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schuberts

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Franz Schubert
      Austrian composer (1797–1828)
    • Jakob Schubert
      Austrian rock climber, born 1990
    • Ferdinand Schubert
      Austrian composer (1794-1859)
    • Bernice Giduz Schubert
      American botanist & scholar (1913-2000)
    • Thomas Schubert
      Austrian actor, born 1993
    • Fabian Schubert
      Austrian association football player, born 1994

    Notable Schuberts come mostly from Austria (3), Archduchy of Austria (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schubert

    Schubert has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schubert come from?
    Borrowed from German Schubert.
    How common is the surname Schubert?
    12,629 people in the United States had the surname Schubert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,447 Americans. It ranked 2,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schubert?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schubert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schubert?
    Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (1797–1828), followed by Jakob Schubert.
    Where is the surname Schubert most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schubert in Austria, Archduchy of Austria and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Schubert?
    Schubert is /ˈʃubɚt/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Schubert getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,629 in 2010, up 1.4%.