Traub Surname

40,054th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Traub Surname Definition:

“Grape” in German.

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Traub Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,0451:11,4271,464
United States3,9101:92,70010,413
Canada3411:108,05211,605
Switzerland2771:29,6504,483
Israel1881:45,5196,107
Liberia1861:23,7022,335
Chile1811:97,3293,686
South Africa1641:330,35230,898
Hungary1441:68,1697,005
Austria1301:65,50310,107
France1151:577,58977,507
England721:773,86242,299
Brazil651:3,293,45194,173
Australia371:729,61448,196
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Czechia231:462,32550,029
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Croatia121:352,38432,084
Liechtenstein71:5,483742
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China21:683,660,78330,601
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Grenada11:108,5351,793
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4871:103,11810,416

Traub (24) may also be a first name.

Traub Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Grape” in German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) Dweller near where grapes are grown; descendant of Trubo, a pet form of names beginning with Drud (power), as Drudbald and Drudpraht.

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

User-submitted Reference

With variant spellings Trybe, Traub, Tribb, Trebe, and Trubb, widely recorded in church registers of Sussex from the mid 16th Century is of Germanic origin, and as such, may be either a metonymic occupational name for a vine-grower, or a nickname. The derivation in the first instance is from the Middle High German trube, (old High German t(h)ruba), meaning 'a bunch of grapes', and in the second instance may be either the old German trieb, meaning 'force' or 'impulse', or trub, meaning 'gloomy', 'sad'.

- trubetech

Traub Last Name Facts

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

The surname Traub (Arabic: تروب, Russian: Трауб) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Traub? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 40,054th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 556,301 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Traub live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe. Traub is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 24 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 7,045 people, or 1 in 11,427. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 72 percent reside, Bavaria, where 11 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Traub Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Traub has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Traub last name expanded 803 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 3,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Traub Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Traub last name are 6.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.13% being registered with the party.

The amount Traub earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.64% less than the national average, earning 285,030 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 28.53% more than the national average, earning R 305,436 per year; in United States they earn 18.6% more than the national average, earning $51,173 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.34% more than the national average, earning $59,290 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thraub912/
Ștraub911/
Trab892,226/
Trub89364/
Trueb80376/
Troub80340/
Trabs8059/
Traup8055/
Trauf8024/
Treub8012/
Thrab807/
Traeb804/
Trubs803/
Thrub801/
Traubová7724/
Traupe73763/
Troubh7333/
Trabsh7328/
Trahab731/
Trabch731/
Traiab731/
Throub731/
Thraup730/
Trap671,144/
Trüb67851/
Trav67841/
Traw67556/
Trup67331/
Trob67243/
Truv6744/
Trubova6735/
Truf6715/
Trubová6711/
Treihub674/
Traf674/
Thrasbz671/
Truw671/
Trabsch671/
Threabt670/

Traub Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Traub in the Russian language
Траубtraub-
Traub in the Arabic language
تروبtrwb-

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