The Taber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,788 people carried this name — #4,550 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,467 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Taber surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the taborer’.

An early record he cites: Robert Tabur, Somerset, 1327–28 (1 Edward III) — Kirby's Quest (Somerset).

His entry covers Tabberer, Taberer, Tabor, Tabrar and Taber.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 734 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Taber was found among the farmers of Essex: 15 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Taber and Tabor.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Essex 15

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Taber in American newspapers,
1922.

Newspaper page from The Bingham County News carrying the name Taber
The Bingham County News 1922-09-29
Newspaper page from The Bingham County News carrying the name Taber
The Bingham County News 1922-10-13
Newspaper page from The Bingham County News carrying the name Taber
The Bingham County News 1922-10-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Taber in Australian newspapers,
1810s–1990s.

4,282 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Taber. The most, 1,004, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,006
Victoria 498
Queensland 309
Tasmania 244
South Australia 91
Western Australia 73
ACT (Canberra) 54
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Taber,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ellery Tompkins Taber
    Ellery Tompkins Taber 1809–1890 · sea captain
  • Mary Stewart Taber
    Mary Stewart Taber 1819–1896
  • Stephen Taber
    Stephen Taber 1821–1886 · politician
  • Mary Taber 1651–1734
  • Joseph Taber 1679–1748
  • Constant Taber 1743–1826 · judge

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 Taber,
in the records of 6 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 States909 records

909 records of the Taber name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 306
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 195
  • Other U.S. records 408
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Percy E. Taber

    Born 1922 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Snelling; farmer from Hennepin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Crestlawn Memorial Gardens, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.

    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 B. Ch. Taber

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Maria Magdalena from Rotterdam, aged 40; farmer. From Schleswig Holstein, Germany.

    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 Martin Lester Taber

    Born 1947; from Miami, Florida. U.S. Army, helicopter pilot; died in an accident 1969 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 909 records for Taber in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia55 records

55 records of the Taber name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 33
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 9
  • Other Australian records 13
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Arthur R. Taber

    Fruiterer of Healesville, Victoria; died 1944.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record George Taber

    Left Hobart in 1846 aboard the Canton, bound for South Seas, as master.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Silas Taber

    Arrived in Victoria in 1909 aboard the Orient, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 55 records for Taber in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · 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) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands33 records

33 records of the Taber name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 24
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 8
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gerardus Taber

    Married in 1635 in Sneek.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Hendrika Albertha Taber

    Born 1906 in Buurmalsen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jan Taber

    Buried in 1817 in Hoorn.

    Open Archives, Westfries Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Taber in the Netherlands.

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

Canada8 records

8 records of the Taber name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary A. Taber

    Buried in 1962 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Curtis Taber

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jane J. Taber

    Married 1879 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Taber in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany6 records

6 records of the Taber 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 Hermann Taber

    From Apolda. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 14 January 1915; then reported dead in the list of 19 April 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 94).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Fritz Taber

    From Lötzen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 9 November 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Taber

    From Kl. Rederchingen. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 24 November 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Taber in Germany.

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).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Taber name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Taber

    Buried in 1847 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 62.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Taber

    Royal West Kent Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Taber in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with Taber.

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Surnames next to Taber.

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