Staub Surname

24,432nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Staub Surname User-submission:

Staub, in German, translates to 'dust'. From what I understand my family comes from south Germany, the Stuttgart area. It is pronounceed staup. From what I believe we were chimney sweeps, because we were covered in dust.

Staub Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,6301:47,5045,766
Switzerland6,0381:1,360104
Germany3,8851:20,7222,755
France1,3521:49,1296,386
Brazil1,1991:178,5446,887
Australia3141:85,9749,937
Mauritius2611:4,956994
Canada2361:156,12515,843
Denmark2051:27,5352,843
Hungary1901:51,6655,498
Austria1291:66,01110,168
Chile1281:137,6294,833
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Argentina481:890,48857,418
Estonia461:28,7355,267
England441:1,266,32057,817
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
Israel281:305,63026,425
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Greenland211:2,685297
Romania201:1,003,89452,576
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
Paraguay171:425,6915,975
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China21:683,660,78330,601
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0261:48,9465,572

The alternate forms: Štaub (91) are calculated separately.

Staub (23) may also be a first name.

Staub Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Staub, in German, translates to 'dust'. From what I understand my family comes from south Germany, the Stuttgart area. It is pronounceed staup. From what I believe we were chimney sweeps, because we were covered in dust.

- Taylor Charles staub

The surname Staub means 'one who collected mushrooms'. It comes from the name of a mushroom called stäubling.

- mynameisstaub

Staub Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Staub Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Staub (Russian: Стауб) is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Štaub. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Staub? popularity and diffusion

It is the 24,432nd most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 329,291 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 54 percent of Staub live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 43 percent live in Germanic Europe. Staub is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 23 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 7,630 people, or 1 in 47,504. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Nevada, where 10 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 64 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 18 percent are found.

Staub Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Staub has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 744 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Staub Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Staub surname are 19.06% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.83% registered with the political party.

The amount Staub earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.47% more than the national average, earning 392,698 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.07% less than the national average, earning R 142,428 per year; in United States they earn 3.33% more than the national average, earning $44,586 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.52% more than the national average, earning $54,412 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Štaub9391/
Staubs91610/
Shtaub91169/
Steaub912/
Staubt910/
Stab89792/
Stub89678/
Staab8011,275/
Staib803,305/
Staup80675/
Stauf80546/
Shtab80368/
Stoub80172/
Stubs80122/
Staeb8090/
Sztab8067/
Stubø8064/
Steub8055/
Stabs8046/
Steab8021/
Stabp8015/
Shtub808/
Hstab807/
Stuib805/
Stabz801/
Stajb801/
Stubt801/
Sthab801/
Stabh801/
Stabd801/
Stubz800/
Stueb800/
Staubová772/
Stauff73635/
Staupe73276/
Shtabs7371/
Staabs7357/
Stauft7339/
Steubs7338/
Shtaab737/
Staupp736/
Sthaib734/
Stajab733/
Østabø732/
Shtaup732/
Staupt731/
Steyab731/
Staufe731/
Stabch731/
Stoubt731/
Stubss731/
Stiyab731/
Sthaup730/
Steabp730/
Stubdt730/
Steabs730/
Stap671,422/
Staf671,208/
Stav671,185/
Stup67648/
Stob67602/
Staw67139/
Stuf6725/
Steiauf6720/
Shtayeb677/
Ztab675/
Stabova674/
Stób672/
Stuw672/
Stáb671/
Stauffe671/
Stüb671/
Stabowa671/
D'Staab671/
Staufft670/

Staub Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Staub in the Russian language
Стаубstaub-

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