Stubbard Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Stubbard Surname Definition:

(English) Ox-Herd [Dialectal English stub, an ox; prob. a nickname for the animal from Old English stybb, stubb = Old Norse stubb-r, a stump, log + English herd, Old English hierde, a herdsman]

Stubbard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada701:526,36644,416
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Stubbard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Ox-Herd [Dialectal English stub, an ox; prob. a nickname for the animal from Old English stybb, stubb = Old Norse stubb-r, a stump, log + English herd, Old English hierde, a herdsman]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Stubbard: the keeper of the parish bull. The old word for a bull was a stubb. Hence the surname Stobbart.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Stubbard Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stubbard occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stubbard? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stubbard is the 2,237,939th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Stubbard are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Stubbard is most frequently held in Canada, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 526,366. In Canada Stubbard is primarily concentrated in: Nova Scotia, where 47 percent are found, Alberta, where 37 percent are found and Ontario, where 14 percent are found. Beside Canada Stubbard is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Stubbard Last Name Statistics demography

Stubbard earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 22.32% less than the national average, earning $38,593 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sthubbard941/
Stubbar931/
Stibbard88620/
Stubbart8862/
Stobbard884/
Stubberd881/
Stubbord880/
Stubberød8251/
Stobbart751,568/
Stubbert75885/
Stibbord750/
Stubenport563/

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