How common is the surname Gabor?

1,896 people in the United States had the surname Gabor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. It ranked 15,449th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gabor?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gabor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Gabor?

Billy Gabor, American basketball player (1922–2019).

Where is the surname Gabor most common?

Wikidata records people named Gabor in the United States.

Is the surname Gabor getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,896 in 2010, down 0.5%.

Is Gabor also a first name?

Yes. Gabor is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Gabor

A Hungarian surname, carried by 1,896 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G160 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gabor is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

Borrowing from Hungarian Gábor.

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,896 people named Gabor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,906.

#15,449

rank among US surnames

1,896

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,442	Mealey	1,897	162,755
#15,449	Ivester	1,896	162,840
#15,456	Cadwallader	1,895	162,926

Who is named Gabor

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

91% of people named Gabor identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gabors

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Billy Gabor
American basketball player (1922–2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Gabor

Gaber

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

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gabor come from?: Borrowing from Hungarian Gábor.
How common is the surname Gabor?: 1,896 people in the United States had the surname Gabor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. It ranked 15,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gabor?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gabor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Gabor?: Billy Gabor, American basketball player (1922–2019).
Where is the surname Gabor most common?: Wikidata records people named Gabor in the United States.
Is the surname Gabor getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,896 in 2010, down 0.5%.
Is Gabor also a first name?: Yes. Gabor is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.