Aber

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A hamlet in Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales

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

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

Aber is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uganda than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 241K(measured from records)
  • UGUganda≈1 in 14K
  • MTMalta≈1 in 29K

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.

Uganda (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,100 people, est.

Sources
250 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Uganda, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A hamlet in Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Aber is read(measured from records)

Aber is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English74%

    A hamlet in Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales.

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

  • French6.6%

    a ria, especially one in Brittany

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Aber 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 Aber is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UG Uganda—≈3,100 est.≈1 in 14K4—19
US United States—1,3791 in 241K1.4KAber250
DZ Algeria—≈810 est.≈1 in 53Klisted—4
PH Philippines—≈310 est.≈1 in 352K—Aber15
FR France—≈290 est.≈1 in 238K33—1
FI Finland—301 in 186K30—1
MT Malta#654≈16 est.≈1 in 29K—Aber6
SI Slovenia—161 in 131K16—1

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; the dz-kaggle-names register. 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)

Aber is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Algeria

    Also written Åbẹr, Ąbēr, Àbér, Ābēr

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Mexico, Argentina

    Also written Áber

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil, Italy

    Also written Ãber

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines

    Also written ÅBer

41 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)

Aber is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, (conj) but

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German

  • In rif, alternative spelling of abeř: eyelash

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

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

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

  • In cel-bry-pro, mouth, confluence (of a river)

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

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)

18001850190019502000Eduard Aber, b. 1810Adolf Aber, b. 1893Felix Aber, b. 1895Ita Aber, b. 1932Chuck Aber, b. 1945Ana Aber, b. 1948Jessica D. Aber, b. 1981Lucy Aber Okumu, b. 1988Aria Aber, b. 1991

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 Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Aber
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.4K#17,846
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.4K#18,992
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.4K#19,567
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199133—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#34,409
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196123—
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—16#15,345
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19519—
UG UgandaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—4#14
UG UgandaParliament of Uganda MP Database — 11th Parliament sitting members20261#40

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

What does the name Aber mean, and where does it come from?
A hamlet in Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Aber?
A machine transcription gives /ˈeɪbɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Aber have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 thousand people named Aber in Uganda, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Aber?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,379 people named Aber in 2010, about 1 in 241 thousand residents.
How common is Aber compared with other names?
In Malta, Aber is the 654th most common surname of 5,132 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, “Aber” — the 654th most common surname in Malta. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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