Lieber Surname
Approximately 7,933 people bear this surname
Lieber Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Lieber, a variant of Liubheri (dear, army); one who came from Liebau, in Germany.
Read More About This SurnameLieber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,137 | 1:87,614 | 9,879 |
| Germany | 2,387 | 1:33,727 | 4,451 |
| Hungary | 247 | 1:39,742 | 4,266 |
| France | 209 | 1:317,812 | 48,279 |
| Austria | 208 | 1:40,940 | 6,572 |
| Poland | 119 | 1:319,401 | 37,249 |
| Brazil | 87 | 1:2,460,625 | 75,139 |
| Switzerland | 75 | 1:109,506 | 11,444 |
| England | 70 | 1:795,972 | 43,050 |
| Israel | 61 | 1:140,289 | 14,966 |
| Belgium | 53 | 1:216,918 | 27,806 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Uruguay | 20 | 1:171,588 | 14,480 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 249 | 1:201,681 | 17,505 |
The alternate forms: Liéber (1) are calculated separately.
Lieber (92) may also be a first name.
Lieber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Lieber, a variant of Liubheri (dear, army); one who came from Liebau, in Germany.
User-submitted Reference
(Germanic, Yiddish) Loved one.
- mesecinaLieber Demographics
Average Male Lieber Height
176.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lieber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lieber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lieber occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Liéber. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lieber? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 63,169th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 918,637 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Lieber live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 992,070th most common first name worldwide It is held by 92 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 4,137 people, or 1 in 87,614. In The United States Lieber is most prevalent in: New York, where 20 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 30 percent are found and Hungary, where 3 percent are found.
Lieber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lieber has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lieber surname expanded 1,661 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lieber Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lieber surname are 5.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.89% registered with the political party.
The amount Lieber earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.03% less than the national average, earning 224,843 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.04% more than the national average, earning R 332,784 per year; in United States they earn 18.18% more than the national average, earning $50,995 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.25% more than the national average, earning $55,771 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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