# Tabor (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tabor/  
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 | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,445 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,360 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,990 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (15,058 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Thabor |

## Etymology

From German Tabor, from Czech tábor (“camp”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tabor 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tabor in the United States.

## People named Tabor

- Horace Tabor, American politician (1830-1899)
- James Tabor, biblical scholar

## Similar surnames

Taber, Tauber, Tabora, Tabar, Tovar, Tobar, Tupper, Tepper, Tavera, Topper, Tapper, Tober.

## 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.