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The GARBER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 12,558 2646 0.005 47
United States (1880 census) 2,853 2143 0.006 57
Change since 1880 +9705 -503 -0.001 -10
Other Countries
Australia 23 46284 0 1
United Kingdom 102 23758 0 2
Top States for GARBER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 1,385 950 0.011 113
Ohio 1,210 1070 0.011 107
California 1,082 2819 0.003 32
Florida 831 2402 0.005 52
Virginia 748 1210 0.011 106
Top States for GARBER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Delaware 91 1492 0.012 116
Pennsylvania 1,385 950 0.011 113
Ohio 1,210 1070 0.011 107
Virginia 748 1210 0.011 106
Wyoming 46 1235 0.009 93

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GARBER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GARBER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GARBER in Pennsylvania than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GARBER by picking someone at random in Delaware than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GARBER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GARBER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GARBER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GARBER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 156 1.24
Black/African American 149 1.19
Mixed Race 121 0.96
Asian/Pacific 63 0.5
Native American/Alaskan 30 0.24
White (Caucasian) 12,038 95.86

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GARBER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GARBER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GARBER.

Similar names to GARBER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GARBER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GARBER

The following words are slight variants of GARBER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.