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The haber Surname

haber Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in oats, from Middle High German haber(e) ‘oats’, modern German Hafer. As a Jewish surname, it is in many cases ornamental.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Haber in Bohemia.

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Distribution of haber Families in the US in 1920
Number of haber families
 150-297
 51-149
 1-50
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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