Explore the Family Name Taubert

The meaning of Taubert

German (also Täubert): 1. variant of Taube 1, from Middle High German tūber, tiuber, Middle Low German duver ‘male dove or pigeon’ + excrescent -t. 2. occupational name from Middle High German toeber, toiber ‘wind player’. Some characteristic forenames: German Frieda, Fritz, Gunter, Heinz, Helmut, Wilfried.

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How common is the last name Taubert in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Taubert experienced a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Ranked 36,860th in 2000, it slipped to 45,886th by 2010, registering a drop of 24.49%. The total count of individuals with this surname also diminished from 571 in 2000 to 465 in 2010, marking an 18.56% decrease. Its proportion per 100k people similarly retreated, falling by 23.81% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,860	#45,886	-24.49%
Count	571	465	-18.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.16	-23.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Taubert

Regarding its ethnic identity distribution, the Taubert surname is primarily associated with White ethnicity, although there were slight variations between 2000 and 2010 based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 96.67% of Tauberts were White, but this figure dropped slightly to 94.41% by 2010. The percentage of Tauberts identifying as Hispanic grew from 2.45% in 2000 to 3.44% in 2010, a significant increase of 40.41%. Meanwhile, Black representation within the Taubert surname emerged in 2010 at 1.08%, while Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native identities remained absent across both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.67%	94.41%	-2.34%
Hispanic	2.45%	3.44%	40.41%
Black	0%	1.08%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%