The Haberman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,053 people carried this name — #8,178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,000 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Haberman surname

Variant of Habermann.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Haberman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 43 people named Haberman 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 25
Buenos Aires Province 18

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In national population registers

46 people named Haberman is counted in Slovenia.

Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.

Counted, by country

Slovenia (2026) 46

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Haberman in American newspapers,
1906–1922.

Newspaper page from The Lake County Times carrying the name Haberman
The Lake County Times 1918-03-16
Newspaper page from Baraboo Weekly News carrying the name Haberman
Baraboo Weekly News 1922-09-07
Newspaper page from The Worthington Advance carrying the name Haberman
The Worthington Advance 1906-07-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,567 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haberman in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

857 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haberman. The most, 381, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 391
Queensland 335
Victoria 74
Western Australia 35
South Australia 18
ACT (Canberra) 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haberman.

Who carried it

People named Haberman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alice Haberman
    Alice Haberman 1905–1993 · teacher
  • Alice Haberman
    Alice Haberman 1905–1993 · teacher
  • Martin Haberman
    Martin Haberman 1932–2012
  • Johan Casper Haberman d. 1734 · politician
  • Robert Haberman d. 1962
  • Johan Haberman 1707–1780 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haberman,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States720 records

720 records of the Haberman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 327
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 148
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 130
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 38
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dale F. Haberman

    Born 1920 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, California; carpenter. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Schleime Haberman

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Rugia from Hamburg and Havre, aged 23; laborer. From Pinsk, Poland, Russia; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Haberman

    Born 1948; from Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 720 records for Haberman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands16 records

16 records of the Haberman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 10
  • Dutch population registers 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Auguste Haberman

    Died 1813 in Nijmegen; born in Fredenstiverd; soldier.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sophia Haberman

    Married in 1837 in Kampen; domestic servant, born 1806 in Butterheim.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Andre Haberman

    Buried in 1810 in Groningen.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Haberman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Haberman name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John T. Haberman

    Railway employee of Korumburra, Victoria; died 1949.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Johann Haberman

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1886.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Dietes Walter Haberman

    Buried in 1961 at Woden Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Haberman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Haberman name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Milka Haberman

    Born 1912 in Poland; died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record David Haberman

    Born 1913 in Poland; died 1992 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Haberman name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Joseph Haberman

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Haberman name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Richard Haberman

    From Hänigsen, Burgdorf. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 8 July 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Haberman name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Fritz Haberman

    Died in 1917, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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