# Garber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/garber/  
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) | 12,640 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,850 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,426 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (12,558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Garber 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) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Garber in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria.

## People named Garber

- Matthew Garber, British actor (1956–1977)
- Stephanie Garber, American author of young adult fiction
- Daniel Garber, American artist (1880-1958)
- Roland Garber, Austrian cyclist
- Marjorie Garber, American academic (1944-)
- Alan Garber, American physician (born 1955)
- Silas Garber, American politician (1833-1905)
- Jan Garber, American musician (1894-1977)

## Similar surnames

Gruber, Graber, Graeber, Gerber, Garver, Graver, Garbarino, Grover, Groover, Gruver.

## 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.