Nabor
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Spanish surname common in Mexico and the Philippines, from the Spanish and Catalan name Nabor, named after Saint Nabor, probably from Hebrew בָּרַר (“to choose (to be pure”)).
Proper noun
[edit]Nabor (plural Nabors)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nabor is the 31068th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 747 individuals. Nabor is most common among Hispanic/Latino (62.52%), White (18.34%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (12.45%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nabor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 643.