The Suber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,495 people carried this name — #7,404 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,144 in 2000.

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In national population registers

79 people named Suber are counted in Slovenia and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.

Counted, by country

Slovenia (2026) 57
Sweden (2022) 22

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) · source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In the first U.S. census, 1790

18 families named Suber, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 136 people lived in those households, 7.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 11
South Carolina 5
Virginia 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Suber in American newspapers,
1895–1913.

Newspaper page from The News & Observer carrying the name Suber
The News & Observer 1895-04-24
Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer carrying the name Suber
The Progressive Farmer 1895-04-30
Newspaper page from Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot carrying the name Suber
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot 1913-12-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Suber in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

87 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Suber. The most, 25, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 36
New South Wales 14
South Australia 13
Queensland 10
Tasmania 6
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Suber.

Who carried it

People named Suber,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Margareta Suber
    Margareta Suber 1892–1984 · writer
  • Hjalmar Suber 1858–1926 · physician
  • Lorenzo Suber 1912–1987 · association football player
  • Josef Suber 1924– · politician
  • Polly Suber 1935–2022 · beauty pageant contestant

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Suber,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States288 records

288 records of the Suber name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 158
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 35
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 31
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William Suber

    Born 1898 in Maryland. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; teamster from Bexar County, Texas. Veteran; died 1986, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carolina Suber

    Arrived at New York in 1896 aboard the Friesland from Antwerp, aged 27; servant. From Switzerland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Randolph Bothwell Suber

    Born 1947; from Ballwin, Missouri. U.S. Army; declared dead 1969 in Laos.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 288 records for Suber in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany9 records

9 records of the Suber name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Suber

    From Nauendorf, Ohrdruf. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 14 August 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 95).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Suber

    From Eschbach, Staufen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 June 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 118).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Constantin Suber

    From Wierchlesch. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 24 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Suber in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Suber name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Matheus Süber

    Died 1828 in Beemster, aged 30.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Fredrik Suber

    Born 1820 in Alkmaar.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Alkmaar (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Carolina Frederika Henriette Suber

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1839 in Amstm.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Suber in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Suber name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Umberto Suber

    Born 1935 in Italy; died 2000 in Avignon (Vaucluse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Suber name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Suber

    Married in 1581 in Grossmünster, canton of Zürich.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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