Straub Surname

12,547th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,708 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Straub Surname Definition:

(German) One with bushy or bristly hair; one who came from Straube, in Germany; descendant of Strubo, a pet form of names beginning with Strud (destroy, rob), as Strudbalt and Strudolf.

Straub Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany23,3501:3,448369
United States13,4081:27,0333,383
Switzerland2,1321:3,852542
France1,2471:53,2667,009
Brazil8511:251,5569,688
Austria7661:11,1171,541
Canada5221:70,5858,071
Hungary4491:21,8632,447
Netherlands4431:38,1206,438
Poland3501:108,59616,381
Australia2041:132,33214,365
Argentina1871:228,57418,728
England1021:546,25533,762
South Africa771:703,60750,359
Romania751:267,70524,809
Thailand701:1,009,119153,242
Scotland591:90,7436,412
Chile491:359,5209,978
Israel471:182,07718,133
Spain461:1,016,34937,676
Czechia411:259,35334,723
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Belgium221:522,57550,051
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Norway121:428,52437,411
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
China61:227,886,92811,701
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Wales41:773,63329,106
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2231:22,5912,830

The alternate forms: Štraub (64) & Ştraub (2) are calculated separately.

Straub (34) may also be a first name.

Straub Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One with bushy or bristly hair; one who came from Straube, in Germany; descendant of Strubo, a pet form of names beginning with Strud (destroy, rob), as Strudbalt and Strudolf.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Straub Last Name Facts

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

The surname Straub (Russian: Страуб) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Štraub or Ştraub. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Straub? popularity and diffusion

The last name Straub is the 12,547th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 163,003 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Straub reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 34 people.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 23,350 people, or 1 in 3,448. In Germany Straub is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 50 percent are found, Bavaria, where 23 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Germany Straub occurs in 71 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Switzerland, where 5 percent are found.

Straub Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Straub has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 603 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 464 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 843 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Straub Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Straub last name are 18.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.2% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Straub earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.33% less than the national average, earning 272,253 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.61% more than the national average, earning R 319,896 per year; in Colombia they earn 108.28% more than the national average, earning $47,285,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.18% more than the national average, earning $45,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.25% less than the national average, earning $48,068 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Štraub9464/
Ştraub942/
Shtraub92356/
Sztraub9235/
Straubs9214/
Strub916,281/
Strab9146/
Stroub83500/
Straup83200/
Strauf83195/
Straeb8341/
Straib8313/
Shtrab837/
Strauv833/
Struib832/
Strubs831/
Strabd831/
Streab831/
Strajb831/
Sdtrub831/
Strauw831/
Strrub830/
Struob830/
Struyb830/
Strhub830/
Straubová8042/
Straubova802/
Straupe77176/
Strauff7732/
Shtrauf776/
Shtrayb776/
Shtraup776/
Straufs772/
Straabø772/
Straups771/
Straupf770/
Straupp770/
Stroubs770/
Strausw770/
Straufe770/
Straw738,924/
Strup73299/
Strob73255/
Strap73230/
Straf7331/
Strüb7324/
Struv7310/
Strav736/
Struf735/
Strubová711/
Straibht711/
Strabová711/
Shtrausf710/
Straussw710/
Stroup6710,970/
Strupp672,167/
Struyf671,884/
Streib671,670/
Strapp671,123/
Struev67561/
Strouf67358/
Streeb67336/
Straif67265/
Strupe67188/
Størup67162/
Struif67148/
Strufe67142/
Straff67127/
Østrup67110/
Straps6786/
Strupf6786/
Strieb6784/
Strafe6783/
Struff6755/
Strijb6751/
Stravs6745/
Štraubová6735/
Streuf6724/
Strape6721/
Štrauf6721/
Søtrup6716/
Strups6712/
Sztraf678/
Straip677/
Streup677/
Stærup677/
Hstrup676/
Åstrup676/
Strupt674/
Shtraf673/
Straev673/
Strawz673/
Struip672/
Strouv671/
Struep671/
Struop671/
Strusf671/
Straep671/
Strapt671/
Stravd671/
Strayv671/
Straaf671/
Struyv671/
Stårup671/
Stûrup671/
Sthraw670/
Straap670/
Strobt670/
Strrap670/
Stroeb670/
Struvt670/
Strobz670/
Stroob670/

Straub Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Straub in the Russian language
Страубstraub-

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