Find out how popular the last name Luber is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Luber.

Luber, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Luber surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Luber in America

Luber is the 27898th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Luber surname appeared 860 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Luber.

We can also compare 2010 data for Luber to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Luber

The surname LUBER originated in Bavaria, a state in southern Germany, during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old High German word "luber," which means "something pleasant or lovely." This suggests that the name may have been given to someone with an agreeable or attractive demeanor.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name LUBER can be found in the Codex Traditionum Monasterii Sancti Michaelis Bambergensis, a 12th-century manuscript from the Benedictine monastery in Bamberg, Bavaria. The document mentions a certain Heinricus Luber, who lived in the late 11th or early 12th century.

In the 13th century, the name LUBER appears in various records from the region around Regensburg, a city in eastern Bavaria. For example, a Hermann Luber is mentioned in a deed dated 1248, while a Chunrat Luber is recorded as a citizen of Regensburg in 1274.

During the 14th century, the name LUBER spread to other parts of Germany, such as the region of Franconia. One notable bearer of the name was Konrad Luber, a merchant and city councilor in Nuremberg, who lived from around 1320 to 1385.

In the 15th century, the LUBER name can be found in records from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in northern Bavaria. A certain Hans Luber, a baker by trade, is mentioned in the town's archives in 1452.

Another individual of note is Johannes Luber, a humanist scholar and poet who lived from 1456 to 1522. He was born in the town of Amorbach, in the modern-day state of Baden-Württemberg, and taught at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria.

The name LUBER has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Luberbach, a small town in the district of Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate, and Lubereck, a village in the district of Bamberg in Bavaria.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Luber

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Luber.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Luber was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Luber has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Luber was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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