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The surname Bubb

A surname, carried by 1,676 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B100

Bubb: #16,958 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bubb #16,958, 1,676 people Bubb: #16,958 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bubb #16,958, 1,676 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bubb is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Bub.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,676 people named Bubb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,594.

#16,958
rank among US surnames
1,676
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+5.1%
change since 2000 (was #16,581)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,953Chittum1,677184,106
#16,958Villamil1,676184,216

Who is named Bubb

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Bubb identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 88%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bubb

Bubb has the Soundex code B100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B100.

Questions

Where does the surname Bubb come from?
Variant of Bub.
How common is the surname Bubb?
1,676 people in the United States had the surname Bubb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. It ranked 16,958th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bubb?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bubb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bubb getting more or less common?
More common. 1,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,676 in 2010, up 5.1%.