Webbe Surname
Approximately 1,414 people bear this surname
Webbe Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the webbe,' i.e. a weaver. Middle English Webbe.
'My wife was a webbe, And woolen cloth made.' - Piers Plowman.
'An haberdasher, and a carpenter, A webbe, a deyer, and a tapiser.
Read More About This SurnameWebbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 472 | 1:767,921 | 59,720 |
| England | 304 | 1:183,283 | 16,451 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 225 | 1:245 | 53 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| Netherlands | 69 | 1:244,742 | 31,623 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 59 | 1:1,871 | 308 |
| Wales | 44 | 1:70,330 | 6,116 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 211 | 1:115,523 | 11,173 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 44 | 1:1,141,334 | 65,198 |
Webbe (15) may also be a first name.
Webbe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the webbe,' i.e. a weaver. Middle English Webbe.
'My wife was a webbe, And woolen cloth made.' - Piers Plowman.
'An haberdasher, and a carpenter, A webbe, a deyer, and a tapiser.' - Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. 363-4.
This surname does not require any modern instances. The directories teem with representatives, v. Weaver and Webster.
Adam le Webbe, Essex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Elyas le Webbe, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
Roger le Webbe. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
Simon le Webbe. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.
Robert le Webbe, Somerset, 1327: Tax Roll.
Johannes Wybbe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1603. Nicholas Webbe, of Chester: Wills at Chester.
1623. William Webb, of Chester: ibid.
(English) Weaver [Middle English webbe, Old English webba (m.), webbe (from), weaver] Adam le Webbe.—Hundred Rolls My wif was a webbe, And wollen cloth made; She spak to spynnesteres To spynnen it oute.—Piers Plowman, 2901-4.
A webbe, a dyere, and a tapycer.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 362.
(English) One who wove cloth, either a male or a female.
Anglo-Saxon webba, a weaver. H.R. Le Webbe.
(H.R. Le Webbe). From Anglo-Saxon webba, a weaver. Hence Whip. compare the names Whipp, Whippy, Whippey, Whippo, Whipple, Whippell, Whippen, Whipping, Wipkin; the Old German Wippo, Wippa, Wibi, Wivikin, Wipilo, and the Modern German Webe and Wibel.
Webb. —This name is confined south of a line drawn from the Wash to the Dee. It is most numerous in Somerset and Wilts, in the west of England; but is also well represented in Suffolk in the east of England and in Northamptonshire in the midlands.
Webbe Demographics
Average Webbe Salary in
United States
$42,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Webbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Webbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Webbe is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Webbe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 274,674th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,153,851 people. The surname Webbe is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Webbe live; 35 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Anglo-North America. Webbe is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
The surname Webbe is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 472 people, or 1 in 767,921. In The United States it is most frequent in: Missouri, where 22 percent are found, New York, where 14 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where 16 percent are found.
Webbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Webbe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Webbe surname expanded 1,073 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 144 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Webbe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Webbe last name are 0.47000000000001% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.7% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Webbe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.73% less than the national average, earning $42,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.31% more than the national average, earning $54,309 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webbie | 91 | 59 | / |
| Whebbe | 91 | 56 | / |
| Woebbe | 91 | 20 | / |
| Weubbe | 91 | 20 | / |
| Webbey | 91 | 8 | / |
| Wuebbe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Webbet | 91 | 2 | / |
| Webbea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wiebbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weibbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Webbes | 91 | 1 | / |
| Webbee | 91 | 0 | / |
| Wuebber | 83 | 39 | / |
| Weebber | 83 | 2 | / |
| Whebber | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weybber | 83 | 1 | / |
| Whebbeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Webbest | 83 | 0 | / |
| Webberr | 83 | 0 | / |
| Bebbe | 80 | 4,095 | / |
| Webba | 80 | 3,196 | / |
| Wobbe | 80 | 2,137 | / |
| Webby | 80 | 848 | / |
| Wibbe | 80 | 416 | / |
| Wabbe | 80 | 44 | / |
| Wöbbe | 80 | 14 | / |
| Webbi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Uebbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Webbj | 80 | 0 | / |
| Vebber | 73 | 522 | / |
| Huebbe | 73 | 190 | / |
| Uebber | 73 | 138 | / |
| Beibbe | 73 | 68 | / |
| Whebby | 73 | 65 | / |
| Wöbber | 73 | 54 | / |
| Whibbe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wobbee | 73 | 8 | / |
| Bebbee | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wibbie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Webbii | 73 | 2 | / |
| Webbyi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wehbbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beebbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beybbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wibbet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bebbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wabbie | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wabbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wibbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Webbay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whibbey | 67 | 41 | / |
| Whibbee | 67 | 11 | / |
| Whevbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beebbee | 67 | 0 | / |
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