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

Scheibe, 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 Scheibe surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Scheibe in America

Scheibe is the 22770th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Scheibe surname appeared 1,125 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 Scheibe.

We can also compare 2010 data for Scheibe 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 Scheibe

The surname "SCHEIBE" is of German origin, derived from the Middle High German word "schibe," meaning "slice" or "disk." This name likely originated in the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century, and was initially associated with bakers or millers who produced flat, disk-like loaves of bread.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be traced back to various regions of present-day Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and Prussian provinces. One of the earliest known bearers of this surname was Johann Scheibe, a baker from the town of Zwickau in Saxony, who was mentioned in a local guild register in the year 1437.

In the 16th century, the name appeared in various municipal records and tax rolls across German-speaking regions. Notable individuals from this period include Hans Scheibe, a prominent merchant from Nuremberg (c. 1520-1588), and Melchior Scheibe, a Lutheran theologian and author from Saxony (1539-1602).

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Scheibe surname continued to spread across German territories and neighboring regions. In 1671, a family bearing this name was recorded in the village of Scheibenhardter, located in what is now the Czech Republic, suggesting a possible connection to a place name derived from the surname itself.

One of the most famous bearers of the Scheibe surname was Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708-1776), a German composer and music critic from Leipzig, who played a significant role in the development of the classical music tradition in Germany.

Other notable individuals with this surname include Friedrich Scheibe (1784-1861), a German jurist and legal scholar, and Karl Scheibe (1853-1925), a German engineer and inventor who made significant contributions to the development of early automobiles and motorcycles.

Across various historical records, the Scheibe surname has also appeared in different spellings, such as Scheibe, Scheiben, Scheyb, and Scheyber, reflecting regional variations in pronunciation and orthography.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Scheibe

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

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

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