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    The surname Taber

    A surname, carried by 7,788 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T160

    Taber: #4,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Taber #4,550, 7,788 people Taber: #4,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Taber #4,550, 7,788 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Taber is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,788 people named Taber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,644 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,467.

    #4,550
    rank among US surnames
    7,788
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,392)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,541Vanwinkle7,81139,527
    #4,542Caldera7,80239,573
    #4,543Deboer7,79839,593
    #4,544Bricker7,79239,623
    #4,546DeAngelis7,79139,628
    #4,547Buchholz7,79039,634
    #4,549Pitman7,78939,639

    Who is named Taber

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

    93% of people named Taber identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tabers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Catherine Taber
      American actress, born 1979
    • Norman Taber
      Athletics competitor (1891-1952)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Taber

    Taber has the Soundex code T160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Taber?
    7,788 people in the United States had the surname Taber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,644 Americans. It ranked 4,550th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Taber?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Taber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Taber?
    Catherine Taber, American actress, followed by Norman Taber.
    Where is the surname Taber most common?
    Wikidata records people named Taber in the United States.
    Is the surname Taber getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,788 in 2010, up 4.3%.