Tabb Surname

72,098th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,843 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Tabb Surname Definition:

An abbrev. of one of the Tab(b- names.

The rare Anglo-Saxon pers. name Tæbba (7th cent.), of uncertain orig., can hardly have left descendants.

Tabb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,9101:61,3307,184
England4981:111,88411,526
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
Australia671:402,92132,505
Ireland661:71,3484,439
Canada471:783,94961,790
Northern Ireland391:47,3094,079
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Wales51:618,90625,852
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3791:64,3157,406
Wales141:112,0304,740
Jersey111:4,717830
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0581:47,4665,439

Tabb (462) may also be a first name.

Tabb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An abbrev. of one of the Tab(b- names.

The rare Anglo-Saxon pers. name Tæbba (7th cent.), of uncertain orig., can hardly have left descendants.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the German, Taube (?); a personal name.

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

Tabb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tabb (Hindi: तब्ब) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tabb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tabb is the 72,098th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,064,964 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Tabb reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 396,762nd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 462 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 5,910 people, or 1 in 61,330. In The United States Tabb is mostly found in: Virginia, where 9 percent live, Alabama, where 7 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.

Tabb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tabb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tabb last name increased 559 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 131 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 733 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tabb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Tabb surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tabb surname are 1.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.68% registered with the party.

The amount Tabb earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.43% less than the national average, earning R 122,544 per year; in United States they earn 9.35% less than the national average, earning $39,115 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.03% more than the national average, earning $50,691 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tabbs89210/
Taubb89124/
Tabbì8911/
Thabb8910/
Taibb898/
Taebb892/
Thaibb801/
Tabbtt801/
D'Tabb801/
Tebb751,098/
Tobb7544/
Tawb751/
Thebb6796/
Tobbs6716/
Toibb679/
Tehbb672/
Thobb671/
Tajvb671/
Thobbs6024/
Toubbh602/
Towb5066/
Tavv505/
Tovb502/
Tawv501/
Toubbowa501/
Tafw501/
Tobv501/

Tabb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tabb in the Hindi language
तब्बtabba80
तब्बसुमtabbasuma20

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Tabb Reference & Research

Tabb One-name Study - A profile of the Tabb surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Tabb DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Tabb FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tabb
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