Tabberner Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Tabberner Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the taberner,' i.e. innkeeper.

'Tabern, a cellar': Ray's English Words, 167448.

Taberna, a tabyrn, a tavern, or inn, Nominate MS. Hence Taberner, a tavernkeeper' (Halliwell).

Probably this form still exists as a surname, although I have not met with it in registers of the present century.

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Tabberner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England841:663,31038,317
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England741:329,39721,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tabberner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the taberner,' i.e. innkeeper.

'Tabern, a cellar': Ray's English Words, 167448.

Taberna, a tabyrn, a tavern, or inn, Nominate MS. Hence Taberner, a tavernkeeper' (Halliwell).

Probably this form still exists as a surname, although I have not met with it in registers of the present century.

William Tabernator, Berkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Benedict Taberner, Devon, ibid.

Eustace Tabnar, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Willelmus Taburner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1764. Married — Henry Taberner and Ann Perry: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

TABURNER: A player on the tabor, from ME. taburner. In Middle English vocabularies to berner is glossed "timpanista, timpanizator." 1467, "giffin to the tawbronar that playit to the king" (ALHT., I, p. 322). Andrew Taberner was one of the jurors on an inquisition in Edinburgh, 1428 (RAA., II, 61), and a later Andrew Tabowrnar witnessed an instrument of sasine of the lands and castle of Temptalloune in 1475 (Douglas, III, p. 106).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Taburner: one who played on the tambourine.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Tabberner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tabberner is found most frequently in England. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tabberner.

How Common Is The Last Name Tabberner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,775,494th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Tabberner live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Tabberner is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 663,310. In England Tabberner is mostly found in: West Midlands, where 30 percent live, Worcestershire, where 19 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 12 percent live. Excluding England Tabberner exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Tabberner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tabberner has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tabberner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tabberner last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Tabberner earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.52% more than the national average, earning $43,804 USD per year.

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