How common is the surname Gaber?

1,050 people in the United States had the surname Gaber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. It ranked 24,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gaber?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gaber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gaber getting more or less common?

More common. 1,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,050 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Gaber

A surname, carried by 1,050 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaber is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,050 people named Gaber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,037.

#24,012

rank among US surnames

1,050

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,019)

Who is named Gaber

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Gaber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaber

Gaber has the Soundex code G160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G160.

Questions

Where does the surname Gaber come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Gaber?: 1,050 people in the United States had the surname Gaber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. It ranked 24,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaber?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gaber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gaber getting more or less common?: More common. 1,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,050 in 2010, up 1.3%.