Haber Surname
Approximately 21,341 people bear this surname
Haber Surname Definition:
“Oats” in Low German.
Haber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,738 | 1:41,481 | 5,087 |
| Germany | 2,567 | 1:31,362 | 4,130 |
| Poland | 1,890 | 1:20,110 | 3,012 |
| Philippines | 1,575 | 1:64,278 | 10,926 |
| Iraq | 917 | 1:38,192 | 1,673 |
| France | 601 | 1:110,520 | 16,512 |
| Turkey | 533 | 1:146,006 | 11,619 |
| Ukraine | 530 | 1:85,892 | 12,320 |
| Canada | 503 | 1:73,252 | 8,317 |
| Brazil | 473 | 1:452,588 | 17,162 |
| Australia | 357 | 1:75,618 | 8,847 |
| Yemen | 345 | 1:76,595 | 5,191 |
| Cuba | 327 | 1:35,238 | 1,676 |
| Malta | 241 | 1:1,785 | 166 |
| Austria | 224 | 1:38,015 | 6,132 |
| Argentina | 207 | 1:206,490 | 17,041 |
| Mexico | 181 | 1:685,780 | 10,700 |
| Lebanon | 178 | 1:31,669 | 3,206 |
| England | 135 | 1:412,726 | 28,150 |
| Jamaica | 103 | 1:27,864 | 2,130 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Slovenia | 65 | 1:38,272 | 7,167 |
| Croatia | 44 | 1:96,105 | 15,577 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Belgium | 38 | 1:302,543 | 35,124 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32 | 1:286,321 | 19,784 |
| Slovakia | 29 | 1:184,016 | 31,260 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1:1,516,283 | 17,268 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 516 | 1:97,323 | 9,895 |
The alternate forms: Háber (235) & Häber (193) are calculated separately.
Haber (2,012) may also be a first name.
Haber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Oats” in Low German.
(German) One who grew oats; dweller near where oats grew.
(from an ancestor's occupation) At first glance Haber looks like the German-Yiddish for “oats.” Actually it is the Hebrew haber (haver), an associate dayan (judge) of a rabbinic court.
Haber Demographics
Haber Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Haber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Haber (Arabic: هابر, Bengali: হাবের, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺎﺑﺮ) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Háber or Häber. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Haber? popularity and diffusion
The surname Haber is the 25,279th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 341,481 people. Haber is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Haber live; 42 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 168,471st most widespread given name internationally It is held by 2,012 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 8,738 people, or 1 in 41,481. In The United States Haber is most frequent in: New York, where 24 percent are found, Florida, where 13 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 90 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 12 percent are found and Poland, where 9 percent are found.
Haber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Haber has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,693 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Haber Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Greek Orthodox (87%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Haber surname are 4.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.9% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Haber earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.7% less than the national average, earning R 110,016 per year; in United States they earn 26.06% more than the national average, earning $54,392 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.15% more than the national average, earning $61,187 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Haber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Haber in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺎﺑﺮ | habr | - |
| Haber in the Bengali language | ||
| হাবের | habera | - |
| Haber in the Arabic language | ||
| هابر | habr | - |
| الهبر | alhbr | - |
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