Schubert

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

Meaning, in English: ‘maker or repairer of shoes’ (from Middle High German schuoch ‘shoe’ + wirhte ‘maker’)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 25 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

/ˈʃubɚt/(recorded in a dictionary) English · from Wiktionary

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Schubert is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 55th most common surname.

DEGermany≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
ATAustria≈1 in 4K
BBBarbados≈1 in 4.1Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Germany (inferred from the name graph)
: 2 (measured from records)
Record sources: 386 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

SchubertLatin

ชูแบร์ทThai

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

‘maker or repairer of shoes’ (from Middle High German schuoch ‘shoe’ + wirhte ‘maker’)

Cited for this meaning 1

Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

How Schubert is read

Schubert is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

English48%
‘maker or repairer of shoes’ (from Middle High German schuoch ‘shoe’ + wirhte ‘maker’)
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
German40%
from mhd. schucliwürhte 'shoe-maker/shoe-weaver'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
name for a shoemaker or cobbler, from MHG schuouch shoe (see Schuh) + wiirhte maker (see Wright). The sound /b/ was often substituted for /v/ in southern and south-eastern dialects of German. Vars.; Schubart, Schubort, Schuwart, Schuchert, Schuckert, Schottle see Scott Schuh(h)ardt. Schpitz see Spitz
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
a surname originating as an occupation, notably of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Occupational surname from mhd. schuochwürhte/-worhte/-würke 'shoemaker, shoe-worker'; leather trade. Variant cluster includes Schuberth, Schobert(h), Schoberth, Schubart(h), Schu(h)werk, Schu(h)wirth, Schu(h)wirt, Schuwirth, Schuard(t), Schuart, Schubbert, Schuppert, Schuppart, Schaubert(h), Schaupert, Schübert, Schüppert, Schoppert(h), Schobbert, Schuber, Schurig.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Berufsname: 'Schuhbinder/-flicker' bzw. mit Schuhwerk verbunden; historische Formen auch Schubert, Schubarth, Schubbert, Schubbart.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world

Schubert 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 Schubert is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
DE Germany	#55	≈71,000 est.	≈1 in 1.2K	listed	Schubert	229
US United States	—	12,629	1 in 26K	13K	Schubert	386
BR Brazil	—	≈2,700 est.	≈1 in 79K	117	—	2
AT Austria	#282	≈2,300 est.	≈1 in 4K	—	Schubert	95
AU Australia	—	≈1,900 est.	≈1 in 14K	—	Schubert	140
CH Switzerland	—	679	1 in 12K	679	Schubert	45
BB Barbados	#35	≈68 est.	≈1 in 4.1K	—	Schubert	3

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; the dfa-band-5 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror). 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

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

Polish surname5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Slovakia
Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak
Also written Schúbert, Schübert
Croatian surname22 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia, Bulgaria
Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Also written Šubert, Shubert, Subert, Шуберт, Schübert

58 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

Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubertb. 1780DEGerman scientist (1780–1860)
Ferdinand Schubertb. 1794ATAustrian composer (1794-1859)
Franz Schubertb. 1797ATAustrian composer (1797–1828)
Heinz Schubertb. 1925DEGerman actor (1925–1999)
Karin Schubertb. 1944DEGerman mainstream and pornographic actress (1944-)
Götz Schubertb. 1963DEGerman actor
André Schubertb. 1971DEGerman football coach
Katharina Marie Schubertb. 1977DEGerman actress
Jakob Schubertb. 1990ATAustrian rock climber
Thomas Schubertb. 1993ATAustrian actor

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

FormalDear Schubert,

InformalHello,

Evidence

48 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Schubert
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	13K	#2,856
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	12K	#2,664
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	12K	#3,000
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	2.1K	#4,607
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	679	#1,853
DE Germany	Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)	—	—	—

Reference works 8

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikipedia surname tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Schubert mean, and where does it come from?: ‘maker or repairer of shoes’ (from Middle High German schuoch ‘shoe’ + wirhte ‘maker’) Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
What are other forms of the name Schubert?: In the etymology graph, Schuster and Schumann are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Schubert?: It depends on the language: in English /ˈʃubɚt/ (Wiktionary); in German /ˈʃuːbɐt/ (Wiktionary).
In which country does Schubert have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 71 thousand people named Schubert in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schubert.
How common is the name Schubert?: In the United States, the national register counted 12,629 people named Schubert in 2010, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
How common is Schubert compared with other names?: In Germany, Schubert is the 55th 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 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, “Schubert” — the 55th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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