# Arbour (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arbour/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,127 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,733 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 273,953 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (1,102 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a French surname, rendition of the Germanic name Hardburg, equivalent to hard + burg. Compare Harbour. * As an English surname, variant of Harbour.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arbour in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.