Schreiber is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Schreiber
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Quite common in Alsace-Lorraine, means a public writer (cf the French scribe). The name was sometimes worn by Jews, for whom it is a translation of the Hebrew sofer.

How popular is Schreiber?

Schreiber is common in United States.

Schreiber is ranked 5788 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Schreiber bearers increased by 0.5581687 per cent in 2010 US census to 16034 since 2000, the surname slipped by 183 spots and ranked at 2269. The last name was found in around 54 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.75 96.96
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.51
Others 1.05 0.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.19
Black 0.25 0.18
Schreiber is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 94527 people have been found who wears Schreiber as their family name. Schreiber is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
98,953 Belarus7
1,346 Bermuda6
5,340 Iceland6
607,991 Indonesia5
8,411 Costa Rica4
14,193 Egypt3
19,452 Malaysia3
4,915 Panama3
1,219,338 India3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
18,625 Japan2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
20,837 Venezuela2
18,718 Thailand2
4,164 Vietnam2
4,367 Afghanistan2
10,183 Jordan2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
31,767 Greece2
28,083 Romania2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
5,298 Botswana2
9,272 Ecuador2
28,746 Algeria1
7,941 Guatemala1
38,830 Morocco1
8,859 Iraq1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,270 Lebanon1
6,820 Angola1
53,033 Nigeria1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
24,176 Qatar1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
1,254 Gibraltar1
11,923 Slovenia1
5,916 Mozambique1
19,810 Croatia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
15,525 Norway46
18,843 Chile36
9,620 Singapore30
43,584 Zimbabwe24
94,051 Kazakhstan19
14,048 Ireland16
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
576 Luxembourg86
6,180 Scotland85
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
7,779 Uruguay61
11,009 Finland60
167,668 Russia58
Countries with hundreds of Schreiber:
4,508 Canada993
5,462 Argentina956
4,096 Australia735
1,924 Hungary654
10,920 England575
5,324 Peru470
14,152 Poland430
4,246 Belgium408
7,046 Netherlands394
4,971 Czech Republic353
2,896 Sweden348
1,690 Paraguay340
34,535 Philippines322
1,121 Taiwan290
14,022 Mexico288
2,073 Denmark275
34,473 Italy258
1,760 Namibia203
27,627 Turkey175
19,531 Spain155
8,562 Slovakia124
7,009 New Zealand104
Countries with thousands of Schreiber:
3,070 Brazil4,659
2,069 South Africa3,141
192 Austria3,012
2,834 France2,670
585 Israel1,755
649 Switzerland1,224
Countries with ten thousands of Schreiber:
76 Germany47,240
1,892 United States21,131
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Comments

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Shizue Keese
Schreiber is a name common in Alsace and Germany, trade name designating the public writer.

Schreiber Namesakes

  • Adele Schreiber-Krieger, Politician
  • Adele Schreiber-Krieger, Politician
  • Pablo Schreiber, Actor
  • Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber, Author
  • Flora Rheta Schreiber, Author
  • Arianne Schreiber, Musical Artist
  • Avery Schreiber, Comedian
  • Axel Schreiber, Actor
  • Avery Schreiber, Comedian
  • Collingwood Schreiber, Engineer
  • Gabriel Schreiber characterized central role of Peter Wilson in 2018 drama movie Lucky.
  • In 2011 comedy film, Four, Five, Six, Anthony Schreiber characterized Piffle.
  • In 2011 drama film, Life Without, Carl Joseph Schreiber portrayed Jake Evans.

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