Mabb Surname

468,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 718 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Mabb Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mabel,' from nick. Mab (v. Mapp). Oddly enough, the modern form is generally Mobbs; compare Maggs and Mogg.

Alicia Mab. 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Agnes Mabbe, 1379: ibid.

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Mabb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3571:1,015,29174,807
England1921:290,19822,328
Australia1021:264,66424,097
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Taiwan191:1,233,9348,385
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1631:149,54213,222
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:432,92031,560

Mabb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mabel,' from nick. Mab (v. Mapp). Oddly enough, the modern form is generally Mobbs; compare Maggs and Mogg.

Alicia Mab. 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Agnes Mabbe, 1379: ibid.

1616. Married — Frauncis Mydleton and Kathernin Mabb, of Woodford, Essex: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1626. — Daniell Mabbes and Hannah Crakell: ibid.

1800. — John Mobbs and Susanna Ambler: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) a diminutive of Mabel or Amabel, Latin Amabilis = Amiable, Lovable [Latin amabil-is] (Celtic) occasionally the Welsh mab = Son.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A 'nurse-name' of Abraham.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Mabe; a location name in Cornwall Orfrom the Flemish, Mabbe, Mobers; in the Domesday Book, Maban; a personal name.$

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

Mabb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mabb is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mabb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 468,258th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,149,785 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Mabb live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 1,015,291. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 43 percent live, Arizona, where 7 percent live and Massachusetts, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States Mabb is found in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.

Mabb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mabb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mabb last name grew 308 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 118 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mabb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mabb surname are 7.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.26% being registered with the political party.

The amount Mabb earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,051 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.3% more than the national average, earning $51,821 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mabbs89403/
Maybb890/
Mobb7541/
Mavb751/
Mawb751/
Mobbs675,046/
Möbbs671/
Mhobbs603/
Maybew601/
Mobv5060/
Mapw502/
Mooheebb501/
Mafw501/

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