Tabrar Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Tabrar 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.

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Tabrar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:3,277,533109,658
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Tabrar (10) may also be a first name.

Tabrar 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.

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

V. Tab(b)erer.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A contraction of tabourer, one who plays on a small drum.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

William Tabor, Doctor of Civil Law, who died in 1611, held considerable property in Alresford parish (M.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Tabrar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tabrar is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tabrar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tabrar is the 4,649,889th most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Tabrar reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in British Isles. Tabrar is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 10 people.

Tabrar is most common in England, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England it is most common in: West Sussex, where 35 percent reside, Suffolk, where 29 percent reside and Greater London, where 24 percent reside. Aside from England this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside.

Tabrar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tabrar has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Tabrar last name declined 11 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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