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

Lybarger, 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 Lybarger surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lybarger in America

Lybarger is the 14995th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lybarger surname appeared 1,970 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Lybarger.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lybarger 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 Lybarger

The surname LYBARGER is believed to have originated in Germany during the medieval period. It is thought to have derived from the German word "Liebhart," which means "dear brave one." The name may have initially referred to a courageous or valiant person, perhaps a knight or soldier.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name dates back to the 13th century, when a man named Liebhart von Augsburg was mentioned in a chronicle from the city of Augsburg, located in modern-day Bavaria, Germany. The name was likely anglicized to LYBARGER when German families immigrated to English-speaking countries.

In the 16th century, the LYBARGER name appeared in church records from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a well-preserved medieval town in Bavaria. A notable figure from this time was Hans LYBARGER, a prominent merchant who lived from 1521 to 1589.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the name spread across various regions of Germany, with variations in spelling such as LIEBHART, LIEBERGER, and LYBÄRGER appearing in local records. One individual of note was Johann LYBARGER (1672-1743), a Lutheran pastor who served in the town of Heilbronn.

As German immigrants began settling in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, the LYBARGER name was carried across the Atlantic. One of the earliest documented instances of the name in America was Johann LYBARGER, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1749 from the Palatinate region of Germany.

Another prominent figure was Wilhelm LYBARGER (1810-1891), a German-American author and journalist who was born in Württemberg, Germany, and later emigrated to the United States. He founded the German-language newspaper "Der Deutsche Pionier" and wrote several books on German immigration to America.

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the LYBARGER name continued to appear in various regions of the United States, with families settling in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. Notable individuals from this period include Henry LYBARGER (1836-1919), a Union soldier during the American Civil War, and Mary LYBARGER (1867-1945), a renowned educator and advocate for women's rights in Indiana.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lybarger

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

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 Lybarger 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 Lybarger 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 Lybarger was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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