Huber
Huber is a German-language surname . It derives from the German word Hube meaning hide , a unit of land a farmer might possess, granting them the status of a free tenant . It is in the top ten most common surnames in the German-speaking world , especially in Austria and Switzerland, where it is the surname of approximately 0.3% of the population.
Variants arising from varying dialectal pronunciation of the surname include Hueber , Hüber , Huemer , Humor, Haumer, Huebner and (anglicized) Hoover .
Map showing frequency distribution of the surname Huber in Germany. A clear increase in frequency is seen as one moves south towards the Austrian border.
People with the surname Huber
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Adam Huber , (born 1987), American actor
Adam Huber of Riesenpach (1545–1613), Czech doctor and writer of medical books
Ahmed Huber (1927–2008), Swiss-German journalist and convert to Islam
Alexander Huber (disambiguation) , multiple people
Alfons Huber (1834–1898), Austrian historian
Alfred Huber , multiple people
Alois Huber , multiple people
Alyson Huber (born 1972), Californian legislator elected to the State Assembly in 2008
Andrea Huber (born 1975), Swiss cross-country skier
Andrin Huber (born 2004), Swiss multi-event athlete
Anja Huber (born 1983), German skeleton racer
Anke Huber (born 1974), German tennis player
Anna Huber , Austrian fashion model
Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the Kenosha unrest shooting
Antje Huber (1924-2015), German politician
Arnold Huber (born 1967), Italian luger
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Gaby Huber (born 1980), Swiss squash player
George W. Huber , American chemical engineer
Georges Huber (1910–2003), Swiss journalist
Gerardo Huber (c. 1945–1992), Chilean Army colonel
Gerhard Huber (born 1934), Austrian gymnast
Gerold Huber (born 1969), German pianist
Ginger Huber (born 1974), American diver
Gregory Huber (born 1956), American lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
Grischa Huber (1944–2021), German theatre and film actress
Günther Huber (born 1965), Italian bobsledder and luger
Gusti Huber (1914–1993), Austrian-American actress
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John Huber (1986-2010) Brazilian museum actor
Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
Jan Huber (born 2005), Swiss cyclist
Jean Huber (1721–1786), Genevan painter
Jeffrey Huber (born 1959), Dutch taekwondo practitioner
Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist
Joan Huber (1925–2026), American sociologist and academic
Johann Huber (disambiguation)
Johannes Huber (born 1987), German politician
John Huber (disambiguation)
JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist
Jon Huber (disambiguation)
Joseph Huber , multiple people
Juan Huber (1937–2010), Argentine rower
Julie Huber , scientist
Julius H. Huber (1852–1939), American architect
Jürgen Huber (born 1974), Austrian economist
Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player
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Larry Huber (born 1950), American television producer, writer, and animator
Lee Huber (1919–2005), American basketball player
Liezel Huber (born 1976), South African tennis player
Liza Huber (born 1975), American television actress
Lorenz Huber (1906–1989), German footballer
Lothar Huber (born 1952), German football coach and former player
Lotti Huber (1912–1998), German actress
Louise Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
Ludwig Huber , multiple people
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Rhys Huber (born 1986), Canadian voice actor
Richard Huber , New Zealand playwright, actor and director
Robert Huber (disambiguation) , multiple people
Roberto Huber (1927–2008), Chilean sports shooter
Rod Huber (born c. 1960 or 1961), American college football coach
Roi Huber (born 1997), Israeli basketball player
Roland Huber (born 1931), Swiss canoeist
Rudolf Huber (born 1963), Austrian alpine skier
Rupert Huber , multiple people
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Sasha Huber , artist
Sebastian Huber (1901–1985), German bobsledder
Șerban Huber (born 1951), Romanian water polo player
Sherry Huber (1937–2022), American politician and environmentalist
Siegmund Huber (1924–2018), Austrian cyclist
Silas Huber (born 2005), Swiss footballer
Sonya Huber , American essayist and writer
Sophie Huber (born 1985), French freestyle swimmer
Stefan Huber (born 1966), Swiss footballer
Stephan Huber (born 1952), German sculptor and object artist
Svenja Huber (born 1985), German handball player
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Valerie Huber (born 1996), Austrian actress and beauty pageant titleholder
Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
Vicki Huber (born 1967), American retired middle-distance and cross-country runner
Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian
See also
Germanic
Bauer / Baur , Bauers , Bauman , Baumann , Bouman , Bouwman , Bumann , Buhmann , Boer (De Boer ), Buhr ,
Bond , Bonde , Cotter , Cotterill , Farmer , Farman ,
Huber , Hübner , Hüfner , Hoffman , Hoffmann , Hofmann , Hofman , Huffman , Hofmans
Slavic Other