The Huber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 37,170 people carried this name — #933 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,940 people counted. That is up 1% from 36,729 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Huber surname
A surname of originally (and still chiefly) Southern German and Austrian usage.
From Hube + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Huber» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
17,888 people named Huber live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,719 people named Huber.
220 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,788 people named Huber live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
790 people named Huber have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 985 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 42 people named Huber live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
322 people named Huber are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Huber in American newspapers,
1898–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,083,602 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Huber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Jacob Huber 1707–1778 · physician -
Michael Huber 1727–1804 · writer -
Johann Samuel Huber 1778–1858 · pastor -
Ferdinand Fürchtegott Huber 1791–1863 · composer -
Eduard Huber 1814–1847 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 202 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Huber.
- Hu 19,999 · U.S. census
- Hua 6,939 · U.S. census
- Huan 248 · U.S. census
- Huang 72,328 · U.S. census
- Huard 1,360 · U.S. census
- Hube 148 · U.S. census
- Hubert 10,380 · U.S. census
- Huberty 1,092 · U.S. census
- Hubin 192 · U.S. census
- Huble 105 · U.S. census
- Hubler 3,113 · U.S. census
- Hubner 1,318 · U.S. census
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