Tubbs Surname

30,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Tubbs Surname Definition:

Tube’s (Son): v. Tubb.

Tubbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,7021:23,0842,902
England9291:59,9767,130
Canada2251:163,75816,499
Australia1961:137,73314,860
New Zealand951:47,6677,746
Brazil661:3,243,55093,057
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Wales71:442,07621,198
France61:11,070,454349,096
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6951:35,0724,592
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0971:16,2152,061

Tubbs (61) may also be a first name.

Tubbs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Tube’s (Son): v. Tubb.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who made tubs, a cooper.

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

Tubbs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tubbs (Arabic: تابس) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tubbs.

How Common Is The Last Name Tubbs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 30,831st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 420,638 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Tubbs reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Tubbs is also the 1,257,960th most widespread given name internationally, borne by 61 people.

Tubbs is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 15,702 people, or 1 in 23,084. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent are found, Alabama, where 8 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Tubbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tubbs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tubbs last name expanded 507 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tubbs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tubbs last name are 12.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.13% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tubbs earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.32% less than the national average, earning R 170,328 per year; in United States they earn 6.28% less than the national average, earning $40,440 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% less than the national average, earning $49,246 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tubbss911/
Thubbs911/
Tuubbs911/
Tubb894,538/
D'Tubbs831/
Tibbs8010,980/
Taubb80124/
Tobbs8016/
Tubbz801/
Thubb801/
Thobbs7324/
Thibbs733/
Toubbh732/
Tiebbs731/
Tibbss731/
Tobb6744/
Tuvb673/
Tubv671/
Toubbowa621/
Tuyvb601/
Thobb601/

Tubbs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tubbs in the Arabic language
تابسtabs-

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Tubbs Reference & Research

Tubbs FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Tubbs 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

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