How common is the surname Zuber?

3,950 people in the United States had the surname Zuber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,163 Americans. It ranked 8,380th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Zuber?

Andreas Zuber, Austrian racecar driver, followed by Maria T. Zuber.

Where is the surname Zuber most common?

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

Is the surname Zuber getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,950 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Zuber

A German surname, carried by 3,950 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zuber is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Zuber or Polish Żuber.

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 3,950 people named Zuber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,163 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,025.

#8,380

rank among US surnames

3,950

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,615)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,373	Greenleaf	3,954	78,084
#8,375	Dunford	3,952	78,124
#8,377	Kalinowski	3,951	78,144
#8,380	Zuber	3,950	78,163
#8,383	Vierra	3,949	78,183
#8,385	Trost	3,948	78,203

Who is named Zuber

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

92% of people named Zuber identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zubers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andreas Zuber
Austrian racecar driver, born 1983
Maria T. Zuber
American astronomer, born 1958
Etta Zuber Falconer
American mathematician & academic (1933–2002)

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zuber

Zubair

Zuber has the Soundex code Z160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zuber come from?: From German Zuber or Polish Żuber.
How common is the surname Zuber?: 3,950 people in the United States had the surname Zuber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,163 Americans. It ranked 8,380th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zuber?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Zuber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Zuber?: Andreas Zuber, Austrian racecar driver, followed by Maria T. Zuber.
Where is the surname Zuber most common?: Wikidata records people named Zuber in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Zuber getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,950 in 2010, down 1.9%.