# Nabor (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nabor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 747 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,068 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 413,314 people |
| Change since 2000 | +34% (558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Spanish surname common in Mexico and the Philippines, from the Spanish and Catalan name Nabor, named after Saint Nabor, probably from Hebrew בָּרַר (“to choose (to be pure”)).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nabor 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) | 18% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 63% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |

## Similar surnames

Naber, Navarro, Napier, Newberry, Neubauer, Nipper, Navarre, Napper, 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.