Huber Surname
Approximately 267,037 people bear this surname
Huber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 124,400 | 1:647 | 40 |
| United States | 50,883 | 1:7,123 | 840 |
| Austria | 37,825 | 1:225 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 26,691 | 1:308 | 7 |
| France | 5,779 | 1:11,494 | 1,120 |
| Canada | 3,994 | 1:9,225 | 1,377 |
| Italy | 2,771 | 1:22,070 | 3,834 |
| Brazil | 2,152 | 1:99,477 | 3,743 |
| Hungary | 1,928 | 1:5,091 | 592 |
| Argentina | 1,863 | 1:22,943 | 1,910 |
| Australia | 1,405 | 1:19,214 | 2,655 |
| Poland | 857 | 1:44,351 | 6,960 |
| Thailand | 540 | 1:130,812 | 19,969 |
| England | 520 | 1:107,150 | 11,192 |
| Netherlands | 498 | 1:33,910 | 5,656 |
| Mexico | 392 | 1:316,648 | 6,972 |
| Slovenia | 315 | 1:7,897 | 1,774 |
| Paraguay | 308 | 1:23,496 | 899 |
| Spain | 296 | 1:157,946 | 11,518 |
| South Africa | 281 | 1:192,803 | 20,875 |
| Romania | 238 | 1:84,361 | 9,856 |
| Sweden | 204 | 1:48,268 | 3,756 |
| Serbia | 202 | 1:35,371 | 3,676 |
| Croatia | 195 | 1:21,685 | 4,513 |
| Chile | 188 | 1:93,705 | 3,583 |
| Ukraine | 183 | 1:248,758 | 32,662 |
| Belgium | 172 | 1:66,841 | 10,711 |
| Dominican Republic | 154 | 1:67,746 | 3,226 |
| Czechia | 150 | 1:70,890 | 11,910 |
| Singapore | 128 | 1:43,029 | 1,626 |
| Denmark | 108 | 1:52,266 | 5,373 |
| Ecuador | 95 | 1:167,430 | 7,370 |
| Uruguay | 88 | 1:38,997 | 4,467 |
| Liechtenstein | 87 | 1:441 | 70 |
| New Zealand | 81 | 1:55,905 | 8,836 |
| Japan | 75 | 1:1,704,591 | 25,810 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74 | 1:47,789 | 6,111 |
| Luxembourg | 72 | 1:8,063 | 1,253 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Norway | 58 | 1:88,660 | 12,230 |
| Malta | 48 | 1:8,964 | 551 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Slovakia | 42 | 1:127,058 | 23,432 |
| Lebanon | 33 | 1:170,821 | 7,805 |
| Finland | 32 | 1:171,772 | 15,201 |
| China | 30 | 1:45,577,386 | 2,472 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Greece | 13 | 1:852,292 | 84,400 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Barbados | 10 | 1:28,745 | 1,389 |
| Costa Rica | 10 | 1:478,007 | 4,148 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Kosovo | 9 | 1:206,874 | 7,430 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 74 | 1:329,397 | 21,471 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,499 | 1:6,697 | 843 |
The alternate forms: Hüber (738), Hűber (23), Húber (11), Hubèr (1), Hűbér (13) & Hübér (8) are calculated separately.
Huber (19,424) may also be a first name.
Huber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A late French form of Hubert, q.v.
“Ploughman” in Old German. Compare Hoover in U.S.A.
(German) Feudal tenant of a German hide of land (about 120 acres).
The personal name. Among its derivatives in English family nomenclature we have Hubbard, Hibbert, Hibbins, Hibbs, Hibson, or Ibson, and probably Ibbotson.
Bright form, fair hope; Saxon, hiewe, color, form, beauty, and beort, bright.
User-submitted Reference
Huber is the most common surname in Austria and very common in Southern Germany. It derives from the word, hube, an outdated square measure with regionally different extent, dependent on the richness of soil and regional climate. A hube was an acreage that could sustain and be worked by one farmers family. The name Huber designates the farmer who owned a "hube".
- martintrThe last name, Hoover, may also be a derived from Huber as Austrian/German immigrants travelled to the new world. The English officers did not understand their accents and thus "English-ized" the name. One of the reasons the surname "Hoover" is more prevalent in North America and yet fairly common.
- hooves04Huber Demographics
Average Male Huber Height
177.16 cm
Average Female Huber Height
163.01 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Huber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Huber Come From? nationality or country of origin
Huber (Arabic: هوبير, Georgian: ჰუბერ, Hindi: हुबेर, Marathi: हुबेर) is found most in Germany. It may also occur as a variant: Hüber, Hűber, Húber, Hubèr, Hűbér or Hübér. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Huber? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,050th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 27,290 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Huber live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. Huber is also the 38,689th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 19,424 people.
The last name Huber is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 124,400 people, or 1 in 647. In Germany Huber is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 57 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 27 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent live. Aside from Germany it exists in 129 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Austria, where 14 percent live.
Huber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Huber has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Huber last name rose 679 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 703 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 1,467 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Huber Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Huber surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland and Maronite (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Huber are 18.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.02% being registered with the party.
The amount Huber earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 18.18% more than the national average, earning €35,488 per year; in Norway they earn 36.73% more than the national average, earning 473,188 kr per year; in Peru they earn 16.43% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,200 per year; in South Africa they earn 30.93% more than the national average, earning R 311,148 per year; in United States they earn 6.39% more than the national average, earning $45,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.93% more than the national average, earning $50,146 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Huber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Huber in the Georgian language | ||
| ჰუბერ | huber | - |
| Huber in the Hindi language | ||
| हुबेर | hubera | - |
| Huber in the Marathi language | ||
| हुबेर | hubera | - |
| Huber in the Arabic language | ||
| هوبير | hwbyr | - |
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