How common is the surname Tauber?

2,708 people in the United States had the surname Tauber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,012 Americans. It ranked 11,595th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tauber?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tauber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tauber?

Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (1891-1948), followed by Martin Tauber.

Where is the surname Tauber most common?

Wikidata records people named Tauber in Austria.

Is the surname Tauber getting more or less common?

More common. 2,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,708 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Tauber

A German occupational surname, carried by 2,708 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tauber is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Tauber is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 2,708 people named Tauber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,012 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,176.

#11,595

rank among US surnames

2,708

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+24.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,941)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,588	Didomenico	2,711	113,886
#11,589	Tomko	2,710	113,928
#11,592	Knipp	2,709	113,970
#11,595	Bump	2,708	114,012
#11,597	Ranney	2,707	114,055
#11,603	Drane	2,706	114,097

Who is named Tauber

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

95% of people named Tauber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Taubers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Tauber
Austrian tenor (1891-1948)
Martin Tauber
Austrian cross-country skier, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tauber

Tauber has the Soundex code T160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tauber come from?: Borrowed from German Tauber, an occupational surname for a pigeon breeder, from Taube (“pigeon”) + -er.
How common is the surname Tauber?: 2,708 people in the United States had the surname Tauber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,012 Americans. It ranked 11,595th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tauber?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tauber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tauber?: Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (1891-1948), followed by Martin Tauber.
Where is the surname Tauber most common?: Wikidata records people named Tauber in Austria.
What type of surname is Tauber?: Tauber is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Tauber getting more or less common?: More common. 2,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,708 in 2010, up 24%.