Tibbetts Surname

51,688th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Tibbetts Surname Definition:

(English) Descendant of little Tibb, a pet form of Theobald (people, bold).

Tibbetts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,3491:43,4135,326
England7591:73,4108,367
Cayman Islands2631:24336
Canada2551:144,49314,820
Australia691:391,24231,907
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Scotland571:93,9276,548
Wales401:77,3636,557
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Jersey31:33,0674,675
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Macau11:601,6301,582
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Belize11:355,4743,977
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4811:50,6766,161
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0481:24,5213,054

Tibbetts (10) may also be a first name.

Tibbetts Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Descendant of little Tibb, a pet form of Theobald (people, bold).

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

From the Dutch, Dibbetts; a personal name.

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

Tibbetts Last Name Facts

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

Tibbetts occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tibbetts? popularity and diffusion

It is the 51,688th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 735,299 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Tibbetts are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Tibbetts is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,349 people, or 1 in 43,413. In The United States Tibbetts is primarily concentrated in: Maine, where 14 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States it occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent reside and The Cayman Islands, where 3 percent reside.

Tibbetts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tibbetts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tibbetts last name increased 408 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 158 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 570 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tibbetts Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tibbetts surname are 2.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.99% registered with the political party.

The amount Tibbetts earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.33% more than the national average, earning R 357,240 per year; in United States they earn 2.79% more than the national average, earning $44,355 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.54% less than the national average, earning $45,441 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tibbeitts941/
Thibbetts941/
Tibbgetts940/
Tibbets931,230/
Tibbett931,002/
Tibbitts883,365/
Tebbetts88684/
Tibbette882/
Tibbeits881/
Thibbets881/
Tivbetts881/
Tibbettz880/
Thibbett880/
Tibbeets880/
Tibbiets880/
Tibbeths880/
Teibbett880/
Tibbet86206/
Tibbes863/
Thibbitts827/
Tibbits802,558/
Tibbitt80325/
Tebbett80227/
Tebbets80137/
Tibbeth800/
Thibbet800/
Tibbe77821/
Tebbitts7533/
Tibbittd751/
Tibbaits750/
Tebbeits750/
Thibbits750/
Tibbit71327/
Tibbey71184/
Tebbes7182/
Tebbet7164/
Tibber7158/
Tibbie7136/
Ttibbe711/
Tibbis710/
Teibbe710/
Tibbea710/
Tebbitt67147/
Tebbits6754/
Tebbeth671/
Tivvets671/
Tebbetz671/

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Tibbetts Reference & Research

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

Tippett 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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tibbetts
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