Schreiber Surname
Approximately 112,469 people bear this surname
Schreiber Surname Definition:
“Clerk” in German. (Literally “Writer”.) Compare “Skrywer” in Afrikaans.
Read More About This SurnameSchreiber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 68,756 | 1:1,171 | 84 |
| United States | 23,897 | 1:15,168 | 1,912 |
| Austria | 3,535 | 1:2,409 | 210 |
| Brazil | 2,920 | 1:73,313 | 2,735 |
| Israel | 2,204 | 1:3,883 | 543 |
| France | 1,676 | 1:39,632 | 4,939 |
| Switzerland | 1,503 | 1:5,464 | 829 |
| South Africa | 1,095 | 1:49,477 | 6,283 |
| Canada | 1,059 | 1:34,793 | 4,455 |
| Argentina | 667 | 1:64,083 | 5,469 |
| Australia | 656 | 1:41,152 | 5,287 |
| Poland | 508 | 1:74,820 | 11,692 |
| England | 383 | 1:145,478 | 14,025 |
| Belgium | 364 | 1:31,584 | 5,108 |
| Netherlands | 359 | 1:47,039 | 8,027 |
| Czechia | 351 | 1:30,295 | 4,909 |
| Hungary | 273 | 1:35,957 | 3,915 |
| Denmark | 256 | 1:22,050 | 2,239 |
| Sweden | 194 | 1:50,756 | 3,920 |
| Luxembourg | 175 | 1:3,317 | 429 |
| Peru | 169 | 1:188,072 | 8,964 |
| Samoa | 162 | 1:1,196 | 373 |
| Paraguay | 155 | 1:46,689 | 1,383 |
| Spain | 106 | 1:441,057 | 23,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 100 | 1:104,329 | 4,466 |
| Liechtenstein | 99 | 1:388 | 65 |
| New Zealand | 93 | 1:48,692 | 7,903 |
| Italy | 84 | 1:728,056 | 60,909 |
| Thailand | 68 | 1:1,038,799 | 157,648 |
| Slovakia | 64 | 1:83,382 | 16,110 |
| Croatia | 60 | 1:70,477 | 12,599 |
| Mexico | 54 | 1:2,298,633 | 20,081 |
| Norway | 49 | 1:104,945 | 14,093 |
| Finland | 33 | 1:166,567 | 14,872 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:198,290 | 10,618 |
| Chile | 26 | 1:677,557 | 15,745 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 72 | 1:338,547 | 21,815 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,839 | 1:27,308 | 3,354 |
Schreiber (49) may also be a first name.
Schreiber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Clerk” in German. (Literally “Writer”.) Compare “Skrywer” in Afrikaans.
(German) An official, or public writer, a clerk.
German. A writer or clerk. The ancestor of the English family (Sehreiber of Henhurst, co. Kent) was John Charles Sohreiber, son of Carl Sehreiber, of an ancient family of Durlach in Suabia, who settled in London about the year 1721. B.L.G.
(German), Schrijver (Dutch/Flemish), Scrivener, Clerk, Purser.
User-submitted Reference
This surname has its origins in different jobs or places: writer (German: Schreiber), window or glassmaker (German: Scheiber), saltdisc-trader (German: Salz-scheibenhändler, short: Scheibner). It is probable that one of those job titles lost a letter over the use of centuries to become the surname Scheiber. It is also possible that the name comes from a place that looks like a disk (Scheibe) or a village called like this, maybe due to their roundness.
- angymaresThis is an Afrikaans surname, meaning 'writer', 'scribe'; from the Dutch schrijver. It is a cognate with the German schreiber. The equivalent in English is Clark, and in French - Leclerc.
- stericsSchreier is German for 'screamer'.
- lukassnsSchreiber Demographics
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Schreiber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schreiber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schreiber (Arabic: شريبر) is found most in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schreiber? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schreiber is the 5,030th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,796 people. The last name Schreiber is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Schreiber live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe. Schreiber is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 49 people.
The last name Schreiber is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 68,756 people, or 1 in 1,171. In Germany Schreiber is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live, Bavaria, where 13 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 95 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Austria, where 3 percent live.
Schreiber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schreiber has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schreiber last name expanded 1,299 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 532 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schreiber Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Schreiber surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Schreiber surname are 11.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.41% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Schreiber earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 87.69% more than the national average, earning €56,364 per year; in Norway they earn 14.65% less than the national average, earning 295,381 kr per year; in Peru they earn 112.43% more than the national average, earning S/. 41,180 per year; in South Africa they earn 66.07% more than the national average, earning R 394,656 per year; in United States they earn 12.73% more than the national average, earning $48,642 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.35% more than the national average, earning $54,329 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Schreiber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Schreiber in the Arabic language | ||
| شريبر | shrybr | - |
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Schreiber Reference & Research
Schreiber DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Schreiber FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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