Reber is a last name of German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 origin. It is derived from two sources: First, it is "an occupational name for a vine-dresser or vintner

Vintner

A vintner is a wine merchant. You pronounce it like this In some modern use, in particular in American English, the term is alsoused as a synonym for winemaker....

, from Middle High German

Middle High German

Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German...

 rebe 'vine' + -er agent suffix." Second, it comes "from a Germanic personal name, Radobert, formed with rād, rāt 'counsel', 'advice' + berht 'bright'". In the United States, persons with the last name Reber primarily live in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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; there are also large numbers in Ohio

Ohio

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, California

California

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, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, Utah

Utah

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. Montana and Colorado.

Notable persons

• Deborah Reber
  Deborah Reber
  Deborah Reber is a young-adult fiction and non-fiction writer. She previously worked in children's television. She is the author of several books, including the recently published In Their Shoes. She also contributes to the teen self-help series Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal...
  
  
• Grote Reber
  Grote Reber
  Grote Reber was an amateur astronomer and pioneer of radio astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work, and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies...
  
  
• James Q. Reber
  James Q. Reber
  Dr. James Q. Reber was the second Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office .Dr. Reber earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in International Relations at the University of Chicago in 1939. In 1943, he began his government career with State Department, as a foreign affairs and economic...
  
  
• John Reber
  John Reber
  John Reber was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Reber was born in South Manheim Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1875. He taught school for several years and was later employed as a...
  
  
• Napoléon Henri Reber
  Napoléon Henri Reber
  Napoléon Henri Reber was a French composer.He studied with Anton Reicha and Jean François Lesueur, wrote chamber music, and set to music the new poems of the best French poets...
  
  
• Robert Reber
  Robert Reber
  Robert D. Reber, Jr. is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-References:...
  
  
• Rolf Reber
  Rolf Reber
  Rolf Reber is professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway.Rolf Reber is known for his research on processing fluency, especially the processing fluency theory of aesthetic pleasure he developed together with Norbert Schwarz from the University of Michigan and Piotr...
  
  
• Stephen C. Reber
  Stephen C. Reber
  Stephen C. Reber, Sr. of Statesville, North Carolina is a former Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America . Before being elected as Presiding Bishop of the UECNA, Reber had been a presbyter in the Anglican Orthodox Church and rector of St. Peter's Anglican Orthodox Church in...
  
  
• Joseph Bryant Reber