South German: habitational name from any of several places
named Harbach.
English: probably from Old French, Middle English
herberge ‘hostel’, ‘shelter’, hence a metonymic occupational
name for a keeper of lodgings, or for a servant who worked there.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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