Garbers Surname

155,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Garbers Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Garber, a variant of Garibert (spear, bright).

Garbers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6541:48,6736,363
United States6411:565,45946,482
South Africa3131:173,09219,160
Denmark731:77,3257,557
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Australia271:999,84158,390
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Austria91:946,15970,786
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Namibia61:401,56710,578
England51:11,143,612252,590
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Garbers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Garber, a variant of Garibert (spear, bright).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Garbers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Garbers Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Garbers is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garbers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Garbers is the 155,168th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,578,749 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Garbers reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Garbers is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 1,654 people, or 1 in 48,673. In Germany Garbers is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 58 percent live, Hamburg, where 20 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.

Garbers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Garbers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Garbers surname grew 2,137 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garbers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Garbers surname are 5.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.05% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Garbers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 119.44% more than the national average, earning R 521,472 per year; in United States they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $44,296 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.14% less than the national average, earning $42,660 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arbers926/
Harbers862,755/
Gerbers86637/
Garbars8634/
Garwers8620/
Garvers861/
Harberse800/
Arvers77118/
Garbarsch7518/
Garbercht7511/
Gerbersch750/
Harvers718/
Arberch710/
Arbiors710/
Ngourvers638/
Horvers57542/
Arbirze570/

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