Haberer

surname · Latin script

Meaning: occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, from an agent derivative of Middle High German haber(e) ‘oats’

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈhæbɝɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Haberer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the Central African Republic it is the 34th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 47K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 413K
  • CFCentral African Republic≈1 in 2.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,200 people, est.

Sources
187 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Central African Republic, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, from an agent derivative of Middle High German haber(e) ‘oats’. As a Jewish name it is often an ornamental adoption.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Haberer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Haberer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈8,200 est.≈1 in 171K—Haberer1
CF Central African Republic#34≈2,500 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Haberer1
DE Germany—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 47K—Haberer85
AO Angola#798≈1,400 est.≈1 in 23K—Haberer1
US United States—8061 in 413K806Haberer187
DZ Algeria—≈250 est.≈1 in 171K—Haberer1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Haberer is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Häberer

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Häberer

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Haberer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, friend, close companion

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Berufsname mit -er zu mhd. haberen 'Hafer schneiden', evtl. auch zu Hafer/Haber; 1192 Tokens. Zeigt -er als Nomina-agentis-Suffix und b/f/v/w-Variation.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

  • In German, Berufsname zu mhd. haber, mnd. haver 'Hafer'. Morphologie: Agentivbildung mit -er. Beleg: 1192.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

  • In Rust, Mahlberg area, Baden.

    as a nameThe Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

  • In German, from Hafer and Hader

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Otto Haberer, b. 1866Hans von Haberer, b. 1875Emil Haberer, b. 1878Hanns Haberer, b. 1890Jean-Yves Haberer, b. 1932Albert Haberer, b. 1933Christoph Haberer, b. 1951Johanna Haberer, b. 1956Janik Haberer, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Haberer,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Haberer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010806#29,334
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000790#28,433
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020784#31,622
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Haberer come from?
occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, from an agent derivative of Middle High German haber(e) ‘oats’. As a Jewish name it is often an ornamental adoption. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Haberer?
A machine transcription gives /ˈhæbɝɝ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Haberer mean?
Recorded meaning: occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, from an agent derivative of Middle High German haber(e) ‘oats’.
In which country does Haberer have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.2 thousand people named Haberer in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled haberer.
How common is the name Haberer?
In the United States, the national register counted 806 people named Haberer in 2010, about 1 in 413 thousand residents.
How common is Haberer compared with other names?
In the Central African Republic, Haberer is the 34th most common surname of 1,109 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Haberer” — the 34th most common surname in Central African Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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