Stüber

Name: Stüber: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
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Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: Occupational surname: innkeeper or tavern keeper

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

Pronunciation:

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

CHSwitzerland1 in 6.6K(measured from records)
BBBarbados≈1 in 9.6Kfew records
DEGermany≈1 in 25K

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 Stüber 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.

: Germany (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 267 (measured from records)
: 1 in 6.6K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Stuber in US United States, CH Switzerland, CA Canada and 2 more and Stueber in AG Antigua & Barbuda.

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

Occupational surname: innkeeper or tavern keeper.

Cited for this meaning 1

Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Stüber 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 Stüber is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
DE Germany	—	≈3,400 est.	≈1 in 25K	—	Stüber	98
US United States	—	2,835	1 in 117K	2.8K	Stuber	267
CH Switzerland	#546	1,264	1 in 6.6K	1.3K	Stuber	59
GH Ghana	—	≈1,000 est.	≈1 in 33K	—	Stuber	8
CA Canada	—	≈430 est.	≈1 in 96K	—	Stuber	53
BB Barbados	#353	≈30 est.	≈1 in 9.6K	—	Stuber	2
AG Antigua & Barbuda	—	≈3 est.	≈1 in 31K	—	Stueber	1

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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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

Stüber is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Spanish surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Switzerland
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Stuber
a separate name3 spellings in the group
Also written Stūber, Stuber
French surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Belgium
Also written Stuber
Danish surname7 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Switzerland
Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Also written Stuber
Russian surname11 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Türkiye
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian
Also written Штубер, Стубер, Stuber, Shtuber
Polish surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Poland, United States
Also written Stuber
Japanese surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States
Also written Stuber

9 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.

Other recorded senses

Stüber is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In German, Konsonantenvarianz b/f/v/w in Berufs- und Wohnstättennamen; zu ahd. stuba/mhd. stube/mnd. stove 'Stube, beheizbarer Raum, Baderaum'. 22 Typen/6849 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Übername zu mhd. stieben 'stieben, Staub aufwirbeln; rennen'; 6849 Träger. Die Karte zeigt labiale Plosiv-/Frikativ-Variation.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Berufsname: zu Stube/Stüber, wohl Übername für den Badstubenwirt bzw. Bader-Bezug im Atlaszusammenhang. Variantenzweig der Atlasseite; Bearerzahlen sind hier nicht separat angegeben.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, von „Betreiber einer Badestube“; die Plate zeigt Diphthongvarianz: Steuber und Stoiber als diphthongierte Varianten, daneben Stuber ohne Umlaut.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname zu Stube/Stube-; wohl für einen Stuben-, Haus- oder Wirtschafter; Stüber 1546+28.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

Heinrich Stüberb. 1819DEGerman judge (1819-1887)
Fritz Stüber-Guntherb. 1872ATAustrian writer (1872-1922)
Otto Stüberb. 1885DEGerman goldsmith (1885-1973)
Fritz Stüberb. 1903ATAustrian journalist and politician (1903-1978)
Eberhard Stüberb. 1927ATAustrian biologist
Ernst-Otto Stüberb. 1940DEGerman politician
Sabine Stüberb. 1953DEGerman politician
Christine Errathb. 1956DEnot in their usual nameEast German figure skater
Karin Stüberb. 1970CHSwiss linguist
Stefanie Stüberb. 1982DEGerman amateur wrestler

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

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Stüber, (English)

InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence

7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Stüber
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	45	#20,234

Reference works 2

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Stüber mean, and where does it come from?: Occupational surname: innkeeper or tavern keeper. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
In which country does Stüber have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Stüber in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stüber.
Where is Stüber most common?: Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Stüber is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 6.6 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Stüber?: In the United States, the national register counted 2,835 people named Stüber in 2010, about 1 in 117 thousand residents.
How common is Stüber compared with other names?: In Barbados, Stüber is the 353rd most common surname of 11,500 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 2026-10-13 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, “Stüber” — the 353rd most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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