# Tauber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tauber/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,708 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,595 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 114,012 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (2,176 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Tauber, an occupational surname for a pigeon breeder, from Taube (“pigeon”) + -er.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tauber 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tauber in Austria.

## People named Tauber

- Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (1891-1948)
- Martin Tauber, Austrian cross-country skier

## Similar surnames

Tabor, Taber, Tober, Tabora, Tabar, Tavera, Tapper, Tovar, Tobar, Tupper, Tepper, Topper.

## 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.