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 surname Grubbs is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grubbs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 26,188th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 354,798 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Grubbs reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Grubbs is also the 1,545,828th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 43 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 20,478 people, or 1 in 17,700. In The United States Grubbs is primarily found in: Texas, where 13 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent reside and The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.

Grubbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grubbs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 735 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grubbs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Grubbs last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Grubbs surname are 22.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national 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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