How common is the surname Graber?

12,204 people in the United States had the surname Graber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,299 Americans. It ranked 2,937th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Graber?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Graber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Graber?

Jay Graber, American software engineer and the CEO of Bluesky, followed by Vitus Graber.

Where is the surname Graber most common?

Wikidata records people named Graber in the United States.

Is the surname Graber getting more or less common?

More common. 10,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,204 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Graber

A German surname, carried by 12,204 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). Graber is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Graber.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,204 people named Graber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,299 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,402.

#2,937

rank among US surnames

12,204

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+17.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,165)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,928	Duggan	12,237	25,230
#2,929	Nadeau	12,236	25,233
#2,930	Churchill	12,235	25,235
#2,931	Loya	12,232	25,241
#2,932	Ragsdale	12,227	25,251
#2,933	Mace	12,222	25,261
#2,934	Brubaker	12,218	25,270

Who is named Graber

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

97% of people named Graber identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grabers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jay Graber
American software engineer and the CEO of Bluesky, born 1991
Vitus Graber
Austrian entomologist and zoologist (1844–1892)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Graber

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Graber come from?: Borrowed from German Graber.
How common is the surname Graber?: 12,204 people in the United States had the surname Graber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,299 Americans. It ranked 2,937th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Graber?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Graber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Graber?: Jay Graber, American software engineer and the CEO of Bluesky, followed by Vitus Graber.
Where is the surname Graber most common?: Wikidata records people named Graber in the United States.
Is the surname Graber getting more or less common?: More common. 10,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,204 in 2010, up 17%.