# Hubbard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hubbard/  
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) | 70,362 |
| US rank (2010) | 470 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,388 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (68,021 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌbəɹd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Hubbart |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hubbard 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hubbard in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Hubbard

- Elbert Green Hubbard, American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher
- L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
- Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)
- Kin Hubbard, American cartoonist (1868–1930)
- DeHart Hubbard, American long jumper (1903–1976)
- Gardiner Greene Hubbard, American lawyer (1822–1897)
- Lucien Hubbard, American screenwriter (1888–1971)
- Jordan Hubbard, American computer programmer
- Rob Hubbard, British composer
- Charles Hubbard, American archer (1849–1923)
- Phil Hubbard, American basketball player/coach
- Ruth Hubbard, Austrian-American biochemist

and 15 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hubert, Hibbard, Hubbert, Hebert, Hibbert, Hufford, Havard, Hobart, Hiebert, Hepworth, Hoffert, Hayford.

## 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.