The surname Bibi
A Hindi surname, carried by 2,009 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B100
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi बीबी (bībī) / Urdu بی بی (bī bī, “woman, lady (by Muslims)”), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,009 people named Bibi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,681 Americans. That is up 110% since 2000, when the Census counted 955.
Who is named Bibi
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Bibi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
- White (not Hispanic) 12%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Bibi has the Soundex code B100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B100.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bibi come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi बीबी (bībī) / Urdu بی بی (bī bī, “woman, lady (by Muslims)”), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).
- How common is the surname Bibi?
- 2,009 people in the United States had the surname Bibi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,681 Americans. It ranked 14,781st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bibi?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bibi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Bibi getting more or less common?
- More common. 955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,009 in 2010, up 110%.