The Gabor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,896 people carried this name — #15,449 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,906 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gabor surname
Borrowing from Hungarian Gábor.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gabor» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
1,619 people named Gabor have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,466 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
135 people named Gabor live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 112 people named Gabor live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Gabor.
Most of them — 47 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 52 people named Gabor live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
74 people named Gabor is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Gabor in American newspapers,
1892–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 418,317 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gabor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Augustyn Gabor 1878–1964 · Catholic priest -
Eva Gabor 1919–1995 · actor -
Eva Gabor 1919–1995 · actor
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Avram Gabor 1870–1936
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Marie Gabor 1890–
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Jolie Gabor 1896–1997 · socialite
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gabor.
- Gabella 106 · U.S. census
- Gaber 1,050 · U.S. census
- Gabert 558 · U.S. census
- Gabet 116 · U.S. census
- Gabin 245 · U.S. census
- Gable 9,779 · U.S. census
- Gabrel 112 · U.S. census
- Gabriel 26,578 · U.S. census
- Gabriele 2,182 · U.S. census
- Gabrielle 485 · U.S. census
- Gabrielli 791 · U.S. census
- Gabriels 109 · U.S. census
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