Scheiber surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Scheiber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 968 people carried this name — #25,518 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 919 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

375 people named Scheiber live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Uri 162
Zurich 51
Aargau 48
St. Gallen 33
Lucerne 32
Zug 13
Schwyz 12
Thurgau 5

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 104 people named Scheiber.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Moselle 33
Bas-Rhin 30
Paris 10
Yvelines 8
Finistère 3
Loiret 3
Meuse 2
Haut-Rhin 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 54 people named Scheiber 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 19
Santa Fe 18
Misiones 17

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

Who carried it

People named Scheiber,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hugo Scheiber
    Hugo Scheiber 1873–1950 · painter
  • Samuel Hugó Scheiber 1834–1906 · physician
  • Frederick Scheiber 1843–1913 · lawyer
  • Moritz Scheiber 1872–1940
  • Franz Paul Scheiber 1875–1942 · sculptor
  • Franz Paul Scheiber 1875–1942 · sculptor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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