Taber Surname
Approximately 12,361 people bear this surname
Taber Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the taborer,' a player on the tabor or tabour (compare tambourine), a small drum. There are many entries of this vocation. With the shortened Taber or Tabor, compare Pepper for Pepperer.
John le Taburer, Norfolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameTaber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,422 | 1:34,778 | 4,335 |
| Australia | 522 | 1:51,716 | 6,394 |
| England | 363 | 1:153,493 | 14,593 |
| Canada | 318 | 1:115,867 | 12,291 |
| Israel | 127 | 1:67,383 | 8,384 |
| Philippines | 88 | 1:1,150,434 | 92,307 |
| Turkey | 77 | 1:1,010,668 | 45,670 |
| Italy | 60 | 1:1,019,278 | 70,256 |
| Peru | 50 | 1:635,682 | 15,717 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 88 | 1:276,993 | 19,333 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,627 | 1:19,116 | 2,429 |
Taber (608) may also be a first name.
Taber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the taborer,' a player on the tabor or tabour (compare tambourine), a small drum. There are many entries of this vocation. With the shortened Taber or Tabor, compare Pepper for Pepperer.
John le Taburer, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Peter le Taburer, Close Roll, 17 Edward I.
William le Tabourer. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
Edmund Tabour. Camden Society Publications.
Robert Tabur, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1616. Humphrey Tabor, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.
1775. Married — David Yetman and Elizabeth Tabor: St. George, Hanover Square.
1780. Robert Taber and Ann Atterbury: ibid.
Metonymic for Taberer, q.v.
(English) One who performed on the tabor, a small drum.
A contraction of tabourer, one who plays on a small drum.
Local. Tabur or Tobar, Gaelic, a spring—well, water, a river. Tabor, a city in Bohemia, which the Hussites fortified and made the seat of their war for twenty years; on this account they were called Taborites. The family may probably derive their name from this city.
Robert Tabare, Normandy 1180-95; Raginald Taboer, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); John and Richard le Taborer, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
From the French, Tabur; a personal name.
William Tabor, Doctor of Civil Law, who died in 1611, held considerable property in Alresford parish (M.).
Taber Demographics
Average Taber Salary in
United States
$44,113 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Taber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taber (Hindi: ताबेर, Marathi: ताबेर, Oriya: ତାେବର, Russian: Табер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taber? popularity and diffusion
Taber is the 42,215th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 589,560 people. The surname Taber is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Taber live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 338,872nd most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 608 people.
The last name Taber is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 10,422 people, or 1 in 34,778. In The United States Taber is mostly concentrated in: California, where 13 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
Taber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Taber has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Taber surname expanded 397 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 413 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Taber Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Taber are 12.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.55% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Taber earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 20.5% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,412 per year; in United States they earn 2.23% more than the national average, earning $44,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $48,752 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taber in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାେବର | taebara | - |
| Taber in the Marathi language | ||
| ताबेर | tabera | - |
| Taber in the Hindi language | ||
| ताबेर | tabera | 50 |
| तैबर | taibara | 50 |
| Taber in the Russian language | ||
| Табер | taber | - |
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