How common is the surname Gibby?

1,717 people in the United States had the surname Gibby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gibby getting more or less common?

More common. 1,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 6.1%.

Is Gibby also a first name?

Yes. Gibby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Gibby

A surname, carried by 1,717 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gibby is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,717 people named Gibby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,619.

#16,679

rank among US surnames

1,717

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,373)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,675	Bibeau	1,718	179,712
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922

Who is named Gibby

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

88% of people named Gibby identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gibby

Gibb

Gibby has the Soundex code G100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G100.

Questions

How common is the surname Gibby?: 1,717 people in the United States had the surname Gibby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gibby?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Gibby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gibby getting more or less common?: More common. 1,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 6.1%.
Is Gibby also a first name?: Yes. Gibby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.