The Hubner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,318 people carried this name — #20,216 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,342 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hubner surname
From Hube + -n- + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hübner» (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
421 people named Hubner live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 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 Poland’s population register
305 people named Hubner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 484 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 176 people named Hubner.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 99 people named Hubner 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 Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
176 people named Hubner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Hubner,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Hubner d. 1920 · politician -
Alois Hans Hubner d. 1910 · painter
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Charles Georges Hubner 1883–1952 · writer
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Helene Hubner 1902–1987
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Ludwig Hubner 1907–1975
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Nelson José Hubner Moreira 1954– · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hubner.
- Huber 37,170 · 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
- Hubsch 156 · U.S. census
- Hubscher 197 · U.S. census
- Huck 4,421 · U.S. census
- Hude 146 · U.S. census
- Hudon 812 · U.S. census
- Hudson 134,963 · U.S. census
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