Koerber

surname · Latin script

Meaning: German (Korber) and Jewish (Ashkenazick occupational name for a basket maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German korp, German Korb ‘basket’

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkɔɹbɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Koerber is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 224K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 15Kas Körber
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 75K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Koerber itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,500 people, est.

Sources
232 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 75K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Korber in AT Austria, CH Switzerland and Körber in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

German (Korber) and Jewish (Ashkenazick occupational name for a basket maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German korp, German Korb ‘basket’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Koerber counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Koerber is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈8,500 est.≈1 in 164K—Koerber2
DE Germany#884≈5,300 est.≈1 in 15K—Körber91
US United States—1,4881 in 224K1.7KKoerber232
GB United Kingdom—≈220 est.≈1 in 303K—Koerber30
SA Saudi Arabia—≈200 est.≈1 in 174K—Koerber1
AT Austria—≈180 est.≈1 in 50K—Korber28
CH Switzerland—93as Körber1 in 90K93Korber15
SG Singapore—≈83 est.≈1 in 75K—Koerber2
SI Slovenia—80as Korber1 in 26K80—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Koerber is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Kørber

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Кербер, Kerber, Кёрбер

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Marie Koerber, b. 1851Marie Dressler, b. 1868Nordewin von Koerber, b. 1885Joseph Koerber, b. 1943Rick Koerber, b. 1973Willow Koerber Rockwell, b. 1977Jana Koerber, b. 1992Edith Koerber, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Koerber,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Koerber
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.7K#15,578
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.6K#16,993
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.5K#18,540
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202418#39,486
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Koerber mean, and where does it come from?
German (Korber) and Jewish (Ashkenazick occupational name for a basket maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German korp, German Korb ‘basket’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Koerber?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɔɹbɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Koerber have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.5 thousand people named Koerber in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled koerber.
How common is the name Koerber?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,488 people named Koerber in 2010, about 1 in 224 thousand residents.
How common is Koerber compared with other names?
In Germany, Koerber is the 884th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Koerber” — the 884th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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