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The Schober surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,760 people carried this name — #11,415 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 106,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,632 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

465 people named Schober live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 171
Zurich 62
Aargau 39
St. Gallen 34
Basel-Landschaft 27
Graubünden 17
Schwyz 16
Solothurn 14

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 72 people named Schober.

21 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 21
Moselle 24
Paris 6
Haut-Rhin 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Oise 2
Haute-Vienne 2
Var 2
Isère 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

34 people named Schober is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 34

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).

In print

Schober in American newspapers,
1905–1910.

Newspaper page from Indiana Tribüne carrying the name Schober
Indiana Tribüne 1905-09-29
Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Schober
The Port Gibson Reveille 1910-06-30
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Schober
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1905-01-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,425 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schober,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gottlob Schober
    Gottlob Schober 1670–1739 · scientist
  • Krzysztof Schober d. 1630
  • Matthias Schober 1600–1604 · monk
  • Anna Maria Schober 1672–1728 · opera singer
  • Franz von Schober 1796–1882 · actor
  • Franz von Schober 1798–1882 · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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