Tabor Surname
Approximately 47,035 people bear this surname
Tabor 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 SurnameTabor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,548 | 1:17,640 | 2,238 |
| Ethiopia | 6,439 | 1:15,149 | 2,102 |
| Philippines | 6,381 | 1:15,866 | 1,778 |
| Poland | 5,039 | 1:7,543 | 987 |
| Iraq | 3,223 | 1:10,866 | 828 |
| England | 1,137 | 1:49,004 | 6,110 |
| Israel | 630 | 1:13,584 | 2,082 |
| Canada | 452 | 1:81,517 | 9,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Germany | 344 | 1:234,027 | 25,880 |
| Netherlands | 335 | 1:50,409 | 8,633 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Brazil | 238 | 1:899,472 | 32,278 |
| Australia | 229 | 1:117,885 | 13,036 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Malaysia | 145 | 1:203,408 | 11,963 |
| Ukraine | 91 | 1:500,249 | 57,402 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:48,352 | 4,540 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:101,015 | 6,880 |
| Slovenia | 51 | 1:48,778 | 8,198 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Italy | 46 | 1:1,329,493 | 77,702 |
| Austria | 44 | 1:193,533 | 24,446 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Russia | 38 | 1:3,792,712 | 188,390 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Venezuela | 36 | 1:839,002 | 13,477 |
| Denmark | 35 | 1:161,278 | 13,908 |
| Moldova | 35 | 1:101,753 | 12,200 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Spain | 26 | 1:1,798,155 | 50,469 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Transnistria | 22 | 1:21,577 | 3,838 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 1:398,339 | 3,755 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 643 | 1:37,909 | 4,885 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,995 | 1:16,768 | 2,139 |
The alternate forms: Tábor (306) & Tabór (4) are calculated separately.
Tabor (15,282) may also be a first name.
Tabor 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 Taborer.
(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.
William Tabor, Doctor of Civil Law, who died in 1611, held considerable property in Alresford parish (M.).
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Tabor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tabor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tabor (Arabic: طبور, Marathi: ताबोर, Russian: Табор) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Tábor or Tabór. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tabor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tabor is the 11,939th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 154,939 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Tabor live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 45,792nd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 15,282 people.
Tabor is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 20,548 people, or 1 in 17,640. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Louisiana, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States Tabor occurs in 87 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 14 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.
Tabor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tabor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tabor last name expanded 686 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,067 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 663 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tabor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tabor surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Chaldean Catholic (82%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Tabor are 14.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.86% registered with the party.
The amount Tabor earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 997.06% more than the national average, earning R 2,607,040 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.32% more than the national average, earning $27,769,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.51% less than the national average, earning $42,068 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.55% less than the national average, earning $47,420 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tabor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tabor in the Marathi language | ||
| ताबोर | tabora | - |
| Tabor in the Russian language | ||
| Табор | tabor | - |
| Tabor in the Arabic language | ||
| طبور | tbwr | - |
| طابور | tabwr | - |
| تبور | tbwr | - |
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