Tubb Surname

103,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

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.

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Tubb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0121:180,14918,011
England1,5131:36,8264,820
Australia5391:50,0856,242
New Zealand1331:34,0485,884
South Africa1281:423,26336,588
Canada1111:331,94230,257
Wales321:96,7047,743
France171:3,907,219231,005
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Brunei11:418,7313,893
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2451:19,5792,804
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7201:69,7487,540

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.

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

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The name of Tubb is also represented in Berkshire. Tubbe was a Somerset name in the 13th century (H. R.).

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

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tubbs8917,325/
Taubb89124/
Tubbz891/
Thubb891/
Toubbh802/
Tubbss801/
Thubbs801/
Tuubbs801/
Tibb75113/
Tobb7544/
Tuvb753/
Tuwb751/
Tubv751/
D'Tubbs731/
Thobb671/
Tuwbh671/
Toubbowa671/
Tuyvb671/
Towb5066/
Tuwv502/
Tufw501/
Tobv501/
Tuvv501/

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