# Gaber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gaber/  
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) | 1,050 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,012 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 294,043 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (1,037 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Egyptian/Islamic surname, variant of Jaber. * As a German, Slovene, Polish surname, from variants of Gabriel. * Also as a Slovene surname, from gaber (“hornbeam”), from Proto-Slavic *grabrъ. This is also found in variants Gaberšek, Gaberšček. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Haber.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gaber 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Gober, Gabor, Gebauer, Gaver, Guevara, Guevarra, Gover, Gaviria, Giuffre, Geoffrey.

## 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.