Find out how popular the last name Aber is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Aber.

Aber, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Aber surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aber in America

Aber is the 19567th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aber surname appeared 1,379 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Aber.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aber to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Aber

The surname Aber is believed to have originated in Germany, and can be traced back as far as the 12th century. It is derived from the German word 'aber', which means 'but' or 'however'. This suggests that the name may have been used to describe someone who was known for their argumentative or contradictory nature.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, a collection of historical documents from Brandenburg, Germany. In this text, a person named Conradus Aber is mentioned in a document dated 1187. There are also records of an individual named Johannes Aber appearing in the Annals of Quedlinburg, a medieval chronicle from the town of Quedlinburg, in the year 1256.

The name Aber is also connected to various place names in Germany, such as Abergau, a former county in the region of Hesse, and Abereich, a village in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is possible that some individuals adopted the surname Aber as a result of being associated with these or similar locations.

Notable individuals with the surname Aber include Johann Aber (1475-1545), a German humanist and reformer who was a close associate of Martin Luther. Another prominent figure was Georg Aber (1572-1633), a German jurist and professor of law at the University of Helmstedt.

In the 16th century, the name appears in the records of the University of Wittenberg, where several students with the surname Aber were enrolled. These include Johannes Aber (1518-1582), who later became a Lutheran theologian and reformer, and Caspar Aber (1539-1610), a German mathematician and astronomer.

Other historical figures bearing the name Aber include Johann Friedrich Aber (1691-1761), a German composer and organist, and Johann Adam Aber (1723-1804), a German architect who designed several notable buildings in the city of Nuremberg.

While the surname Aber is relatively uncommon today, it has a rich history and can be traced back to its roots in medieval Germany, where it was likely associated with individuals who were known for their argumentative or contradictory nature, or with specific geographic locations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aber

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Aber.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Aber was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Aber has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Aber was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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