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Garber Ranking

In the United States, the name Garber is the 3,512nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1


United States Garber migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garber Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johannes Garber and Hans Garber, who settled in Philadelphia in 1736 and 1737 respectively
  • Hans Garber, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737 2
  • Hans, Garber Jr., who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 2
  • John Adam Garber, aged 20, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743 2
  • Michael Garber, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1744 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Garber Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jacob Garber, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1848 2
  • Barard Garber, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1863 2
  • Abraham Garber, aged 52, who immigrated to America, in 1896
Garber Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Ada Garber, aged 28, who immigrated to the United States, in 1903
  • Abram Garber, aged 25, who landed in America, in 1904
  • A. Henrich Garber, aged 51, who landed in America, in 1922

Contemporary Notables of the name Garber (post 1700) +

  • Paul Edward Garber (1899-1992), American first head of the National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
  • McKenzie Lane Garber (b. 1994), American beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2011 and crowned Miss Missouri 2015
  • Terri Garber (b. 1960), American actress
  • Helen K. Garber (b. 1954), American photographer
  • Harvey C. Garber (1866-1938), U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • Gene Garber (b. 1947), American baseball pitcher
  • Frederick W. Garber (1877-1950), American architect
  • Daniel Garber (1880-1958), American Impressionist painter
  • Bette Garber (1942-2008), American photojournalist
  • Christian Garber, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate 17th District, 1824-28 3
  • ... (Another 27 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


Suggested Readings for the name Garber +

  • Ancestors of Jacob & Esther Garber and Their Descendants by Dean K. Garber.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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