Tracing the Hafer Family Name

Ancestors listed as Hafer are often found as Haber a generation earlier. Taken at its root, Hafer points to “One who grew oats; dweller near where oats grew. i”.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Haber and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Hafer writes “f” in place of the “b” found in Haber, a typical scribal difference. The same family of names includes Haberkorn.

The 2010 census count for Hafer in the United States was 3,989, good for rank 8,308. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames. Hafer sounds close to Hofer, so it can help to search both. Want more than a summary? See the Hafer family name pack.