Lubbe Surname

35,536th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lubbe Surname Definition:

From place name near Berlin, Germany (Lubben). Also old Frisian man’s name.

Lubbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa13,0541:4,150538
United States4801:755,12358,932
Netherlands3261:51,8018,890
Germany1621:496,94742,561
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
England1221:456,70530,074
New Zealand1201:37,7366,411
Australia911:296,65626,074
Poland631:603,31354,622
Zimbabwe491:315,06631,156
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Sierra Leone161:443,102516
Norway121:428,52437,411
France121:5,535,227269,324
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Namibia61:401,56710,578
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
China31:455,773,85521,925
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

The alternate forms: Lübbe (2,732) & Lubbé (15) are calculated separately.

Lubbe (62) may also be a first name.

Lubbe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name near Berlin, Germany (Lubben). Also old Frisian man’s name.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Lubbe Last Name Facts

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

Lubbe (Hindi: लुब़्बे) occurs most in South Africa. It may appear as: Lübbe or Lubbé. For other possible spellings of Lubbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lubbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lubbe is the 35,536th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 490,150 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Lubbe reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lubbe is also the 1,246,114th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 62 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 13,054 people, or 1 in 4,150. In South Africa Lubbe is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 38 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Lubbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lubbe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lubbe last name grew 466 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 6,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lubbe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lubbe surname are 9.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.57% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lubbe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.5% more than the national average, earning R 414,672 per year; in United States they earn 15.25% more than the national average, earning $49,731 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.03% more than the national average, earning $63,610 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lübbe932,732/
Lubbé9315/
Luebbe911,023/
Lubbes91203/
Lubbee9147/
Lubber9124/
Lyubbe9116/
Lubbie912/
Leubbe911/
Lubbey911/
Lubbei911/
Loubbe911/
Liubbe910/
Lubbet910/
Lubbess8314/
Lubbett830/
Lubwe801,065/
Lobbe80732/
Lubba80252/
Lubby80175/
Libbe80174/
Lubue8055/
Lubbi8035/
Lubwey73752/
Lubbui73404/
Liebbe73170/
Libbey73156/
Libbee73152/
Lubwei73150/
Libbie73108/
Lübber7357/
Loubby7320/
Lobbie7318/
Luboue7317/
Loubba7312/
Libbea739/
Loebbe738/
Loubbi736/
Loubwe735/
Lobbee734/
Lübbes732/
Lubbis732/
Lubboy731/
Lubuer731/
Loubue731/
Lubbai731/
Loobbe731/
Luibba731/
Luibue731/
Lubbid731/
Lubuey731/
Lubbit730/
Lauboue67239/
Loubbiz67136/
Lubwehe6727/
Lubhbha671/
Loubwer671/
Leuboue671/
Lutbuhe670/

Lubbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lubbe in the Hindi language
लुब़्बेlubabe-

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