How common is the surname Staub?

5,004 people in the United States had the surname Staub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. It ranked 6,739th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Staub?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Staub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Staub?

Roger Staub, alpine skier (1936-1974), followed by Ralph Staub.

Where is the surname Staub most common?

Wikidata records people named Staub in the United States and Switzerland.

Is the surname Staub getting more or less common?

More common. 4,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,004 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Staub

A German surname, carried by 5,004 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S310

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Staub is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Staub.

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 5,004 people named Staub in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,693.

#6,739

rank among US surnames

5,004

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,641)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,735	Dinsmore	5,008	61,650
#6,736	Gerhardt	5,007	61,663
#6,737	McShane	5,006	61,675
#6,739	Torrey	5,004	61,700
#6,744	Elwood	5,000	61,749

Who is named Staub

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

96% of people named Staub identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Staubs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Staub
Alpine skier (1936-1974)
Ralph Staub
American film director (1899-1969)
Rusty Staub
American baseball player and coach (1944-2018)

Notable Staubs come mostly from the United States (2) and Switzerland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Staub

Staab

Staub has the Soundex code S310, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S310.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Staub come from?: Borrowed from German Staub.
How common is the surname Staub?: 5,004 people in the United States had the surname Staub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. It ranked 6,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Staub?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Staub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Staub?: Roger Staub, alpine skier (1936-1974), followed by Ralph Staub.
Where is the surname Staub most common?: Wikidata records people named Staub in the United States and Switzerland.
Is the surname Staub getting more or less common?: More common. 4,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,004 in 2010, up 6.6%.