Tubman Surname

153,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tubman Surname Definition:

i) Occup. 'the tubman,' i.e. the cooper. (2) Occup. 'the man of Tub,' i.e. the servant of Tub; compare Addyman, Matthewman, Harriman, &c.; v. Tubb. The first derivation is the most probable. The name is found in Furness, North Lancashire, always noted for cooperage.

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Tubman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3631:265,92725,042
Liberia3741:11,7881,280
England3641:153,07214,566
Canada3601:102,34911,090
New Zealand1431:31,6675,500
Australia1001:269,95724,430
Northern Ireland521:35,4813,447
Israel431:199,01519,367
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Wales91:343,83718,086
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1131:39,2023,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1371:177,92214,779
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3031:165,73815,027

Tubman (138) may also be a first name.

Tubman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

i) Occup. 'the tubman,' i.e. the cooper. (2) Occup. 'the man of Tub,' i.e. the servant of Tub; compare Addyman, Matthewman, Harriman, &c.; v. Tubb. The first derivation is the most probable. The name is found in Furness, North Lancashire, always noted for cooperage.

Henry Tubman, Yorkshire: Deposition from York Castle (Surtees Society).

John Tubman, Norfolk Valor Ecclesiasticus.

1549. Married — Robert Tubman and Jehan Schales: St. Mary, Ulverston.

1661. Nicholas Tubman, of Barrowhead, Furness: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1737. Buried — Thomas, son of Thomas Tubman: St. Mary, Ulverston.

1745. William Tubman, of Barrow Head: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

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

1 Cooper, Tub-maker [Low German tubbe, a tub] 2 Tub(b)'s Man (-Servant): v. Tubb.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

In the Court of Exchequer the Tubman is, next the Postman, the senior counsel without the Bar.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Same as Tupman, a breeder of tups or rams.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A name of German extraction.

It is not uncommon in Germany. In modern German it would mean 'deaf man, ' but its real signification is, doubtless, something very different.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

From the German, Taubmann; a personal name.

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

Tubman: a maker of tubs, a step in the social scale below the cooper; hence the surnames Tupman and Tubbs.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Tubman Last Name Facts

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

Tubman (Russian: Тубман) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tubman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 153,389th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,542,759 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Tubman live; 60 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tubman is also the 787,636th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 138 people.

Tubman is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,363 people, or 1 in 265,927. In The United States it is mostly found in: Maryland, where 33 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 13 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Tubman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tubman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tubman surname rose 450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 266 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tubman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tubman surname are 11.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.58% registered with the political party.

The amount Tubman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.52% more than the national average, earning $45,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.38% less than the national average, earning $48,998 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taubman921,382/
Toubman9255/
Tubmann923/
Thubman921/
Taubmann86883/
Tubmaung864/
Tobman83121/
Tuvman8319/
Tubmam831/
Tubmon831/
Tibman830/
Tobmann771/
Taubmanová754/
Taubmannová711/
Towman6730/
Thibmon620/

Tubman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tubman in the Russian language
Тубманtubman-

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