# Naber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/naber/  
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) | 2,571 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,124 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 120,088 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (2,192 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch and north/Low German surname, from Naber (“neighbor”). * As a south German surname, from the name of Saint Nabor; see Nabor. * Also as a German surname, from Nabe (“hub”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Naber 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Naber in the United States.

## People named Naber

- John Naber, American swimmer

## Similar surnames

Neubauer, Nabor, Napier, Napper, Navarro, Newberry, Nipper, Navarre, Newbury, Navarra, Niebuhr, Navar.

## 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.