How common is the surname Gibbons?

29,824 people in the United States had the surname Gibbons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,352 Americans. It ranked 1,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gibbons?

Billy Gibbons, American guitarist, followed by Cedric Gibbons.

Where is the surname Gibbons most common?

Wikidata records people named Gibbons in the United States and Dutch Republic.

Is the surname Gibbons getting more or less common?

More common. 28,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,824 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Gibbons

A surname, carried by 29,824 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gibbons is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,824 people named Gibbons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,352 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,993.

#1,183

rank among US surnames

29,824

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,104)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,174	England	29,926	10,317
#1,175	Pereira	29,898	10,327
#1,176	Ly	29,891	10,329
#1,177	Joyner	29,884	10,331
#1,178	Richter	29,880	10,333
#1,179	Farris	29,877	10,334
#1,180	Tracy	29,867	10,337

Who is named Gibbons

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

84% of people named Gibbons identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gibbonss

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Billy Gibbons
American guitarist, born 1949
Cedric Gibbons
American art director (1890–1960)
Jim Gibbons
28th Governor of Nevada, born 1944
Tex Gibbons
Basketball player (1907–1984)
Grinling Gibbons
Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver (1648-1721)
Sam Gibbons
American politician (1920–2012)
Leeza Gibbons
American talk show host, born 1957
Floyd Gibbons
American journalist, 1887–1939
Brian Gibbons
American professional ice hockey Right Wing, born 1988
John Gibbons
American baseball manager and former player, born 1962
Tommy Gibbons
American boxer (1891–1960)
Herbert Adams Gibbons
American journalist (1880-1934)

Notable Gibbonss come mostly from the United States (11) and Dutch Republic (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gibbons

Gibbens

Gibbons has the Soundex code G152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G152.

Questions

How common is the surname Gibbons?: 29,824 people in the United States had the surname Gibbons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,352 Americans. It ranked 1,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gibbons?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Gibbons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gibbons?: Billy Gibbons, American guitarist, followed by Cedric Gibbons.
Where is the surname Gibbons most common?: Wikidata records people named Gibbons in the United States and Dutch Republic.
Is the surname Gibbons getting more or less common?: More common. 28,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,824 in 2010, up 2.9%.