Gabb Surname

176,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Belize

Gabb Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gabriel,' from nick. Gab; v. Gaball.

William Gabbe, Close Roll, 20 Richard II.

Thomas Gab-Nave (I. e. Thomas, the servant of Gab), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Gabb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6801:81,9389,066
United States4591:789,67161,028
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Australia2261:119,45013,170
Belize1341:2,653552
Germany1071:752,38756,374
Wales951:32,5743,273
Papua New Guinea921:88,62711,768
Costa Rica911:52,5281,172
Canada641:575,71247,839
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
Hungary251:392,65127,081
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4881:49,9506,097
Wales641:24,5071,407
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

The alternate forms: Gább (15) are calculated separately.

Gabb (83) may also be a first name.

Gabb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gabriel,' from nick. Gab; v. Gaball.

William Gabbe, Close Roll, 20 Richard II.

Thomas Gab-Nave (I. e. Thomas, the servant of Gab), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A diminutive of Gabriel, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The Lond. Direct, shews us several traders gifted with this patronymic, which Ferguson thinks derivable from the O. High German geban, to give. It is more probably a nick-name of Gabriel. Or it may relate to loquacity, for the Anglo-Norman gabber means to jest or talk idly. Wickliffe uses gabbing in the sense of lying and jesting; and in the H.R. we have Le Gabber as a surname.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

William Gaipi of Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert Gappe of England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Gabe; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Gabb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gabb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gabb (Hindi: गब्ब, Russian: Габб) is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Gább. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gabb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 176,240th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,000,225 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 40 percent of Gabb are found; 33 percent are found in Northern Europe and 33 percent are found in British Isles. Gabb is also the 1,052,971st most frequently used given name globally, held by 83 people.

The surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 680 people, or 1 in 81,938. In England it is most numerous in: Gloucestershire, where 21 percent live, Greater London, where 17 percent live and Buckinghamshire, where 6 percent live. Aside from England Gabb is found in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live.

Gabb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gabb has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 139 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 540 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 148 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gabb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Gabb last name are 11.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gabb earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.89% less than the national average, earning R 26,400 per year; in United States they earn 7.38% more than the national average, earning $46,334 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.95% more than the national average, earning $51,646 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gább9215/
Gabbs8985/
Ghabb8914/
Abb864,809/
Gaibeb801/
Abbs754,437/
Abbt75198/
Gebb75112/
Gobb7572/
Habb7562/
Abbd7513/
Abbh756/
Abbp755/
Aibb755/
Gabv751/
Atbb751/
Abbz751/
Aybb751/
Aabb751/
Ajbb751/
Aibeb67372/
Gobbs6745/
Habbs679/
Abbss677/
Abbsh676/
Ahabb676/
Abbås675/
Haabb675/
Abbtt674/
Haibb673/
Aabbs673/
Habıb671/
Abbhs671/
Haybb671/
Abbsz671/
Goubb670/
Haubb670/
Ghobb670/
Eabbs670/
Goebb670/
Heabb670/

Gabb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gabb in the Hindi language
गब्बgabba75
गब्बूलालgabbulala25
Gabb in the Russian language
Габбgabb-

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