How common is the surname Straub?

9,624 people in the United States had the surname Straub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,081 Americans. It ranked 3,691st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Straub?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Straub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Straub?

Peter Straub, American novelist and poet (1943–2022), followed by Robert W. Straub.

Where is the surname Straub most common?

Wikidata records people named Straub in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Straub getting more or less common?

More common. 9,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,624 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Straub

A surname, carried by 9,624 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S361

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Straub is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,624 people named Straub in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,081 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,482.

#3,691

rank among US surnames

9,624

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,447)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,687	Jasper	9,632	32,054
#3,689	Camargo	9,626	32,074
#3,690	Hedges	9,625	32,077
#3,691	Brandenburg	9,624	32,081

Who is named Straub

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

95% of people named Straub identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Straubs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Straub
American novelist and poet (1943–2022)
Robert W. Straub
American politician (1920-2002)
Zoe
Austrian actress and singer, born 1996

Notable Straubs come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Straub

Straub has the Soundex code S361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S361.

Questions

How common is the surname Straub?: 9,624 people in the United States had the surname Straub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,081 Americans. It ranked 3,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Straub?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Straub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Straub?: Peter Straub, American novelist and poet (1943–2022), followed by Robert W. Straub.
Where is the surname Straub most common?: Wikidata records people named Straub in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Straub getting more or less common?: More common. 9,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,624 in 2010, up 1.5%.