Schubert

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

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.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ATAustria≈1 in 5K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 14K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈61,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
386 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SchubertLatin(measured from records)
ชูแบร์ทThai(measured from records)

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)

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

Sources 1

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

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

How Schubert is read(measured from records)

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(measured from records)

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
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#55≈61,000 est.≈1 in 1.3KlistedSchubert229
US United States—12,6291 in 26K13KSchubert386
BR Brazil—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 67K117—2
AU Australia—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 14K—Schubert140
AT Austria#282≈1,800 est.≈1 in 5K—Schubert95
CH Switzerland—6791 in 12K679Schubert45
DK Denmark—3671 in 16K367—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; the dfa-band-5 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); 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(inferred from the name graph)

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(measured from records)

1700180019002000Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, b. 1780Ferdinand Schubert, b. 1794Franz Schubert, b. 1797Heinz Schubert, b. 1925Karin Schubert, b. 1944Götz Schubert, b. 1963André Schubert, b. 1971Katharina Marie Schubert, b. 1977Jakob Schubert, b. 1990Thomas Schubert, b. 1993

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 Schubert,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 48 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Schubert
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201013K#2,856
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200012K#2,664
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202012K#3,000
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—2.1K#4,607
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024679#1,853
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—367#1,252
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 8

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 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?
A machine transcription gives /ʃubɚt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Schubert have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 61 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 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 2026-10-10.

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