Tubb Surname
Approximately 4,538 people bear this surname
Tubb Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Theobald.' There can be no reasonable doubt that this is the case. Theobald and its forms have run riot among the vowels; v. Tebb. Tubby is the pet form; compare Charley and Sibley.
Read More About This SurnameTubb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,012 | 1:180,149 | 18,011 |
| England | 1,513 | 1:36,826 | 4,820 |
| Australia | 539 | 1:50,085 | 6,242 |
| New Zealand | 133 | 1:34,048 | 5,884 |
| South Africa | 128 | 1:423,263 | 36,588 |
| Canada | 111 | 1:331,942 | 30,257 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,245 | 1:19,579 | 2,804 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 720 | 1:69,748 | 7,540 |
Tubb (20) may also be a first name.
Tubb Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Theobald.' There can be no reasonable doubt that this is the case. Theobald and its forms have run riot among the vowels; v. Tebb. Tubby is the pet form; compare Charley and Sibley. Tubbs is, of course, the genitive or patronymic form; compare Jones or Williams.
Thomas Tubb, sonfer, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1748. — John Tubbs and Maria Evers ibid.
Matilda Tubb, 1579: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
(Teutonic) the 14th-cent. (Yorks) Tubb, Domesday Tube, Anglo-Saxon (10th cent.)Tubba, O. Scandinavian Tubba = O.Ger. Tubo [apparently unvoiced forms refble. to Old Norse dubba (from which Late Old English dubbian is borrowed), to equip, arm, dub; cogn. with Low German dubben, to strike] Tubba is recorded as the name of a Danish chief who was wounded at the sack of the monastery at Medeshamstede (Peterborough) c. 870.
(Hebrew) a dim form of Tobias, q.v.
The name of Tubb is also represented in Berkshire. Tubbe was a Somerset name in the 13th century (H. R.).
Tubb Demographics
Average Tubb Salary in
United States
$43,200 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tubb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tubb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tubb occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tubb? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 103,576th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,605,894 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Tubb reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Tubb is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2,012 people, or 1 in 180,149. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 29 percent are found, Mississippi, where 9 percent are found and Tennessee, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.
Tubb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tubb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tubb surname increased 279 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 533 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tubb Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Tubb last name are 12.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.26% registered with the party.
The amount Tubb earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.37% more than the national average, earning R 357,336 per year; in United States they earn 0.12% more than the national average, earning $43,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.79% less than the national average, earning $46,806 CAD per year.
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Tubb Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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