The Rauber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 506 people carried this name — #42,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 524 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,131 people named Rauber live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 198 people named Rauber.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haut-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 112 people named Rauber 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.
Who carried it
People named Rauber,
with a public archive behind them.
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August Rauber 1841–1917 · university teacher -
Karl Rauber 1866–1909 · painter -
Francis D. Rauber 1901–1991 · military personnel -
Caspar Rauber 1550– · watchmaker
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Marie Rauber 1857–1932 · primary education inspector
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Eugen Siegfried Rauber 1876–1941 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rauber.
When the index is not enough
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