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The Lieb surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,207 people carried this name — #10,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,141 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lieb surname

From the German surname, from Middle High German liep (“dear”), from Old High German liob, from Proto-West Germanic *leubu (“love”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lieb» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

239 people named Lieb live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 79
Aargau 32
Lucerne 31
Bern 21
Basel-Landschaft 14
St. Gallen 14
Vaud 12
Thurgau 8

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 152 people named Lieb.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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

Born outside France 9
Bas-Rhin 65
Haut-Rhin 22
Moselle 20
Paris 11
Ain 4
Meuse 4
Jura 4
Rhône 2

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 29 people named Lieb 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 29

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Lieb in American newspapers,
1870–1887.

Newspaper page from The Pascagoula Democrat-star carrying the name Lieb
The Pascagoula Democrat-star 1887-01-14
Newspaper page from Vicksburg Weekly Herald carrying the name Lieb
Vicksburg Weekly Herald 1870-10-08
Newspaper page from West Virginia Argus carrying the name Lieb
West Virginia Argus 1886-05-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 109,064 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lieb,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hermann Lieb
    Hermann Lieb 1826–1908 · lawyer
  • Hermann Lieb
    Hermann Lieb 1826–1908 · lawyer
  • Charles Lieb
    Charles Lieb 1852–1928 · politician
  • Sylvester Lieb 1580–1645 · mayor
  • Anselm Lieb 1670–1722 · jurist
  • Gottfried Lieb 1675–1745 · jurist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Lieb.

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