Stubbs Surname
Approximately 51,629 people bear this surname
Stubbs Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1), 'of Stubbs,' a township in the parish of Adwick-le-Street, West Riding of Yorks, near Doncaster; (a) 'at the stubbs,' one who lived by some stump of a tree or stumps of trees. compare Styles, Briggs, Stocks, &c.
Read More About This SurnameStubbs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,186 | 1:14,391 | 1,802 |
| England | 14,020 | 1:3,974 | 526 |
| Australia | 4,631 | 1:5,829 | 853 |
| Bahamas | 1,800 | 1:218 | 47 |
| Canada | 1,723 | 1:21,385 | 2,941 |
| South Africa | 720 | 1:75,247 | 9,347 |
| New Zealand | 591 | 1:7,662 | 1,304 |
| Wales | 455 | 1:6,801 | 757 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 454 | 1:76 | 12 |
| Scotland | 338 | 1:15,840 | 1,966 |
| Jamaica | 270 | 1:10,629 | 1,121 |
| Dominican Republic | 262 | 1:39,820 | 2,154 |
| Ireland | 150 | 1:31,393 | 2,720 |
| France | 140 | 1:474,448 | 67,240 |
| Mexico | 137 | 1:906,031 | 12,440 |
| Northern Ireland | 75 | 1:24,600 | 2,768 |
| Spain | 57 | 1:820,211 | 33,492 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| Colombia | 38 | 1:1,257,212 | 10,114 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Thailand | 38 | 1:1,858,904 | 228,660 |
| Luxembourg | 33 | 1:17,592 | 3,875 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Nicaragua | 20 | 1:301,054 | 3,003 |
| Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| Guatemala | 16 | 1:1,005,167 | 5,285 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 1:3,468,093 | 12,102 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 104 | 1:42,595 | 3,814 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7,772 | 1:3,136 | 443 |
| Wales | 122 | 1:12,856 | 768 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:89,124 | 4,677 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,228 | 1:11,878 | 1,538 |
Stubbs (90) may also be a first name.
Stubbs Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1), 'of Stubbs,' a township in the parish of Adwick-le-Street, West Riding of Yorks, near Doncaster; (a) 'at the stubbs,' one who lived by some stump of a tree or stumps of trees. compare Styles, Briggs, Stocks, &c.
'George Stobbis, le pownder, per annum 6s. 8d.': Liber Bursarii, Eccles. Dunetmensis, Surtees Soc.
'Old stocks, and stubs of trees.': Spenser, F.Q.
'Item, una acra et una roda terror jacent aput Stobtres,' 1367: Ext. from grant of John de Clynt, chaplain to David de Wolloure, at Ripon, Memorials of the Church of Ss. Peter and Wilfrid, Ripon.
Henry de Stubbes, Yorkshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard de Stubbes, Yorkshire, ibid.
Henricus de Stubbys, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Alicia de Stubbes, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Stubbe, 1379: ibid.
Johannes de Stubbes, 1379: ibid.
John Stubbe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
It is probable that most of our many North-English Stubbs hail from (1), but (2) must have many representatives in our directories. The actual derivation of both (1) and (2) will be the same.
(English and Scandinavian) pl., and genit., of Stubb, q.v.
Richard de Stubbes.—Hund. Rolls (Yorks).
With knotty, knarry, bareyne trees olde, Of stubbes sharpe and hidouse to biholde.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 1977-8.
“Dweller by the Tree Stump” in Old English. Also nickname for Stephen.
(English) Dweller near a tree stump, or on recently cleared land where the stumps were still evident; nickname given to one of a short, stumpy stature; one who came from Stubbs (tree stumps), in Yorkshire.
1. See Stephen. 2. A stub or stob is a provincial word for the stump of a tree left in forest clearings. Such a clearing would for a time acquire the appellation of "the Stubbs," and residence near it would originate the surname.
A location name in Yorkshire (Domesday Book, Stubuzan, Stubbsham). Or from the Old Norse, Stubbi; nickname in the Domesday Book, Stubart; from the German, Stöbe; from the Danish, Stub; from the Dutch, Stübbe; personal name Adam de Stubber in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
Stubbs is a name also well represented in Cheshire, and fairly represented in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Hants. In the 13th century the name of De Stubbes or De Stubbis occurred in Yorkshire (H. R.).
Stubbs Demographics
Stubbs Religious Adherence
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Stubbs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stubbs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Stubbs is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stubbs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Stubbs is the 10,873rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 141,152 people. The surname Stubbs occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Stubbs live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,005,046th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 90 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 25,186 people, or 1 in 14,391. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, Georgia, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States Stubbs occurs in 90 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.
Stubbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stubbs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stubbs last name rose 596 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 373 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 805 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 144 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Stubbs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Stubbs surname is primarily Anglican (62%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Stubbs last name are 11.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.05% being registered with the political party.
The amount Stubbs earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 103.11% more than the national average, earning 702,930 kr per year; in Peru they earn 36.09% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,388 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.16% more than the national average, earning R 325,944 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.79% less than the national average, earning $16,393,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.92% less than the national average, earning $41,026 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $52,552 CAD per year.
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