Strube Surname

64,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,696 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Strube Surname Definition:

(German) One who had bristled or tousled hair.

Strube Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,9461:16,2772,151
United States2,0341:178,20017,848
Brazil1401:1,529,10250,957
Denmark1391:40,6094,229
Argentina881:485,72136,028
Netherlands641:263,86233,208
Canada561:657,95753,499
Chile451:391,47710,650
France371:1,795,209158,669
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
England241:2,321,58686,519
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Austria111:774,13064,097
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Wales41:773,63329,106
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3391:148,13813,775

The alternate forms: Strübe (177) are calculated separately.

Strube Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who had bristled or tousled hair.

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

Strube Last Name Facts

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

The surname Strube is found most in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms: Strübe. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Strube? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 64,939th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 946,926 people. Strube is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Strube reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 4,946 people, or 1 in 16,277. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 22 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live and Hesse, where 17 percent live. Besides Germany Strube exists in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Strube Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Strube has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 343 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Strube Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Strube surname are 12.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.22% being registered with the political party.

The amount Strube earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.94% more than the national average, earning $44,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.74% more than the national average, earning $50,548 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Strübe94177/
Straube928,620/
Struber92753/
Stroube92209/
Streube9211/
Struebe9210/
Strubie923/
Shtrube923/
Strubey921/
Strubee921/
Strubes920/
Streuber86874/
Strauber86185/
Sztraube86104/
Straubie869/
Shtraube864/
Stroubie861/
Shtrubee861/
Straubey860/
Strubher860/
Stroubey860/
Struve835,662/
Struwe833,259/
Strubi83196/
Strobe83167/
Struby83165/
Struba83135/
Stribe8392/
Strubheer801/
Straubher801/
Struyve77444/
Strueby77259/
Striebe77149/
Struver77128/
Stroebe77113/
Streuve77105/
Strumpe7758/
Shtruba7745/
Struwer7739/
Struive7738/
Strauby7730/
Struvie777/
Strauve775/
Struebi775/
Straubi774/
Strobie774/
Stroobe773/
Strauba773/
Strouve773/
Struves772/
Strobee772/
Stribey771/
Struvee771/
Strubay771/
Struvez771/
Streuby770/
Struvea770/
Strobey770/
Strusby770/
Straubeová755/
Strubich7145/
Struijve7113/
Struyver711/
Strubois711/
Straubis711/
Stribhei711/
Streuwer711/
Strubish711/
Sztrauba711/
Striby67368/
Stroba67357/
Strüby67312/
Strübi67169/
Strüwe67137/
Strump67117/
Strowe6793/
Strüve6767/
Stroby6727/
Strobi678/
Struwa671/
Struva671/
Strūve671/
Struvy670/

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