Huber

Huber is a surname of German language origin. It derives from the German word Hube meaning hide, a unit of land a farmer might possess. 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, Huemer, Humer, Haumer, Huebmer 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

• Alexander Huber (born 1968), German climber and mountaineer
• Alexander Huber (football) (born 1985), German football player
• Alyson Huber (born 1972), Californian legislator elected to the State Assembly in 2008
• Anja Huber (born 1983), German skeleton racer
• Anke Huber (born 1974), German former tennis player
• Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber
• Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher
• Chuck Huber (born 1971), American voice actor
• Don Huber (born 1957), retired American Soccer (Football) forward
• Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician
• François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss naturalist
• Franz Josef Huber (1902–1975) SS general and Generalmajor der Polizei in Austria
• Gerold Huber (born 1969), German pianist
• Gregory Huber (born 1971), American legislator and jurist
• Harold Huber (1909–1959), American character actor of the 1930s/1940s
• Herbert Huber (1931–2005), German botanist
• Herbert Huber (1944–1970), Austrian skier
• Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist
• Herta Huber (born 1926), German writer and poet
• Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
• JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist
• Jon Huber (born 1981), former American baseball pitcher
• Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player
• Károly Huber (born 1971), Hungarian-American political scientist, politician
• Klaus Huber (born 1924), Swiss composer
• Kurt Huber (1893–1943), German professor, executed by the Nazis in 1943
• Kurt Huber (tenor) (born 1937), Swiss tenor
• 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
• Louise Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
• Max Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939), German composer
• Norbert Huber (born 1964), Italian former luger
• Peter J. Huber (born 1934), Swiss statistician
• Peter W. Huber (born 1952), American writer and lawyer
• Pierre Antoine François Huber (1775–1832), French general
• Robert Huber (born 1937), German biochemist
• Robert Huber (engineer) (1901–1995) Swiss engineer
• Robert Huber (sport shooter) (1878–1946), Finnish former sport shooter
• Robert J. Huber (1922–2001), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Rupert Huber (born 1967), Austrian composer and musician
• Sophie Huber, (born 1985) French freestyle swimmer
• Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author
• Thomas Huber (born 1966), German climber and mountaineer
• Tomáš Huber, Czech footballer
• Tytus Maksymilian Huber (1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist
• Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
• Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian
• Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist
• Wilfried Huber (born 1970), Italian luger
• William Russel Huber (1903–1982), US Navy sailor, Medal of Honor awardee
• William Wendell Huber (born 1923-2005)American Football player Notre Dame & University of Illinois- All American
• Willie Huber (1958-2010), German born professional ice hockey defenceman
• Wolf Huber (c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter
• Wolfgang Huber (born 1942), German former Bishop