Arbor is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Arbor
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Family name is a variation of Arber. See Harbour - Any place of refugee, whether for ships, travellers, beasts of the chase, etc.

The Arbor is the form of Harbard. A modification of the personal name Herbert, which in its older and truer form, is Hárbárd, a common Scandinavian designation, which means "hairy-beard;" but since a beard not hairy would be a great anomaly, "hoary-beard" can be the truer rendering.

A form of Harbour. Any place of refugee, whether for ships, travellers, beasts of the chase, etc.

How popular is Arbor?

Arbor is common in United States.

Arbor is ranked 622050 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Arbors plummeted by 3.57 per cent to 162 since 2000 and slipped by 9533 spots and ranked at 109258. The last name was found in merely 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 51.85 60.12
Black 43.21 30.95
Hispanic or Latino 3.7 4.17
Arbor is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Uruguay have the last name. Around 493 people have been found who wears Arbor as their family name. Arbor is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Arbor:
75,966 United States350
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
142,161 France45
138,859 Philippines35
122,961 Argentina15
67,428 Spain14
20,848 Uruguay11

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Merchant Gustav Arbor from Prussia aboard the Cella from Havre & London. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in New York on February 21, 1870. Shoemaker Elisa Arbor, Joseph Arbor, aged 2, 32 years old Lothocar Arbor, are others that migrated to US.

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