Grubbs Surname

26,188th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Grubbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grubbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,4781:17,7002,249
France101:6,642,272293,169
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China21:683,660,78330,601
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7851:18,0322,292

Grubbs (43) may also be a first name.

Grubbs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grubbs is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Grubbs? popularity and diffusion

Grubbs is the 26,188th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 354,798 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Grubbs are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 43 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 20,478 people, or 1 in 17,700. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States Grubbs occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.

Grubbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grubbs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grubbs last name rose 735 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it declined 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grubbs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Grubbs surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Grubbs surname are 22.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.31% being registered to vote for the party.

Grubbs earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.27% less than the national average, earning $41,740 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gruebbs926/
Groubbs921/
Grubbsc921/
Grubb9125,646/
Gribbs8338/
Grobbs834/
Grubvs831/
Graubb830/
Grobb73172/
Grübb7321/
Gruvb731/
Grubbová712/
Gruvvs671/

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Grubbs Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grubbs
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