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.
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
Lotti Huber (1912-1998), German actress
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
