Stubbs Surname

10,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51,629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

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.

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Stubbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States25,1861:14,3911,802
England14,0201:3,974526
Australia4,6311:5,829853
Bahamas1,8001:21847
Canada1,7231:21,3852,941
South Africa7201:75,2479,347
New Zealand5911:7,6621,304
Wales4551:6,801757
Turks and Caicos Islands4541:7612
Scotland3381:15,8401,966
Jamaica2701:10,6291,121
Dominican Republic2621:39,8202,154
Ireland1501:31,3932,720
France1401:474,44867,240
Mexico1371:906,03112,440
Northern Ireland751:24,6002,768
Spain571:820,21133,492
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
Colombia381:1,257,21210,114
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Luxembourg331:17,5923,875
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Guernsey221:2,929767
Nicaragua201:301,0543,003
Jersey201:4,960981
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Trinidad and Tobago191:71,7885,445
Guatemala161:1,005,1675,285
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Finland91:610,74534,002
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
India71:109,580,769786,157
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Norway61:857,04855,549
Sri Lanka61:3,468,09312,102
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
China41:341,830,39216,990
Malta41:107,5681,849
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1041:42,5953,814
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7,7721:3,136443
Wales1221:12,856768
Scotland421:89,1244,677
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,2281:11,8781,538

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.

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

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Dweller by the Tree Stump” in Old English. Also nickname for Stephen.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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

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

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.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Stubbs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stubbs occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stubbs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,873rd most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 141,152 people. The last name 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. Stubbs is also the 1,005,046th most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 90 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 25,186 people, or 1 in 14,391. In The United States Stubbs is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Georgia, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this last name is found in 90 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Stubbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stubbs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Stubbs surname increased 596 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 373 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 805 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 144 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stubbs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Stubbs last name is predominantly Anglican (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Stubbs last name are 11.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.05% 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stubbse921/
Stuubbs921/
Sstubbs920/
Staubbs920/
Stubb91378/
Stobbs832,930/
Stibbs83734/
Stubbz833/
Staubb832/
Stubvs831/
Stuvbs831/
Stoebbs770/
Stobb73302/
Stowbs671/
Stumpfs62330/
Stumpfss571/

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Stubbs Reference & Research

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