How common is the surname Garber?

12,640 people in the United States had the surname Garber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,426 Americans. It ranked 2,850th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garber?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Garber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garber?

Matthew Garber, British actor (1956–1977), followed by Stephanie Garber.

Where is the surname Garber most common?

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

Is the surname Garber getting more or less common?

More common. 12,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,640 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Garber

A surname, carried by 12,640 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garber is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,640 people named Garber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,426 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,558.

#2,850

rank among US surnames

12,640

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,646)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,841	Steinberg	12,709	24,293
#2,842	Breaux	12,705	24,301
#2,843	East	12,684	24,341
#2,844	McArthur	12,683	24,343
#2,845	Grey	12,680	24,349
#2,846	Wisniewski	12,675	24,359
#2,847	Pan	12,664	24,380

Who is named Garber

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

95% of people named Garber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garbers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matthew Garber
British actor (1956–1977)
Stephanie Garber
American author of young adult fiction, born 1987
Daniel Garber
American artist (1880-1958)
Roland Garber
Austrian cyclist, born 1972
Marjorie Garber
American academic (1944-)
Alan Garber
American physician (born 1955)
Silas Garber
American politician (1833-1905)
Jan Garber
American musician (1894-1977)

Notable Garbers come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garber

Garber has the Soundex code G616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G616.

Questions

How common is the surname Garber?: 12,640 people in the United States had the surname Garber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,426 Americans. It ranked 2,850th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garber?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Garber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garber?: Matthew Garber, British actor (1956–1977), followed by Stephanie Garber.
Where is the surname Garber most common?: Wikidata records people named Garber in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria.
Is the surname Garber getting more or less common?: More common. 12,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,640 in 2010, up 0.7%.