# Gibbon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gibbon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,366 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,716 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 226,022 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.4% (1,399 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɪbən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old French Giboin, from Frankish *Gebawin (literally “Gift-friend”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gibbon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gibbon in the United States.

## People named Gibbon

- John Heysham Gibbon, American surgeon (1903–1973)

## Similar surnames

Gibney, Gavin, Gaffney, Giffin, Given, Govan, Gauvin, Gobin, Givan, Giovanni, Goffin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.