Tubba Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Tubba 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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Tubba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Israel101:855,76354,181
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Tubba (157) may also be a first name.

Tubba 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

A Cornish form of Thomas. According to Lower, Tubb, Tubbs, Tubby are from Theobald.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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

Tubba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tubba (Hindi: तुब्बा) is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tubba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Tubba occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Tubba reside; 32 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 732,696th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 157 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 83 percent reside, Adamawa, where 8 percent reside and Sokoto, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 22 percent reside.

Tubba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tubba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tubba surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toubba91143/
Tubbay9113/
Tubbai911/
Taubba911/
Tubhbha834/
Taubbas833/
Tubby801,478/
Tobba80779/
Tubbe80232/
Tubua80193/
Tubbo80176/
Tibba80126/
Tubwa8074/
Tubbi8014/
Thubwa73209/
Tuibua73157/
Tubbeh7347/
Toubbe7313/
Tubwat737/
Tubuat737/
Tubwai735/
Toubbi735/
Tubbes735/
Tubbit734/
Tobbay732/
Tubber732/
Tubbee732/
Tutbua732/
Tubboh731/
Toubbo731/
Tibbay731/
Thubbe731/
Tibbea730/
Tubbey730/
Htoubbi67136/
Tubuayi6748/
Toubbeh6742/
Tubvach675/
Toubbou674/
Tubwach672/
Tubbett672/
Tubwait671/
Tubbitt671/
Tubbott670/
Tubboss670/
Taubbee670/

Tubba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tubba in the Hindi language
तुब्बाtubba80
टूब्बाtubba20

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