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    The surname Hubbard

    A surname, carried by 70,362 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhʌbəɹd/ 2 syllables Soundex H163

    Hubbard: #470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Hubbard #470, 70,362 people Hubbard: #470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Hubbard #470, 70,362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hubbard is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 70,362 people named Hubbard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,388 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 68,021.

    #470
    rank among US surnames
    70,362
    people in 2010
    24
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #435)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #461Wu71,7214,305
    #462Hines71,7174,305
    #463Mullins71,6464,309
    #464Castaneda71,3684,326
    #465Malone71,2864,331
    #466Cannon71,0854,343
    #467Tate71,0584,345

    Who is named Hubbard

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

    71% of people named Hubbard identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hubbards

    27 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elbert Green Hubbard
      American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher, 1856–1915
    • 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, born 1963
    • Rob Hubbard
      British composer, born 1955
    • Charles Hubbard
      American archer (1849–1923)
    • Phil Hubbard
      American basketball player/coach, born 1956
    • Ruth Hubbard
      Austrian-American biochemist, 1924–2016

    Notable Hubbards come mostly from the United States (25), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hubbart

    Surnames that sound like Hubbard

    Hubbard has the Soundex code H163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hubbard?
    70,362 people in the United States had the surname Hubbard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,388 Americans. It ranked 470th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hubbard?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Hubbard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hubbard?
    Elbert Green Hubbard, American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher, followed by L. Ron Hubbard.
    Where is the surname Hubbard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hubbard in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Hubbard?
    Hubbard is /ˈhʌbəɹd/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Hubbard getting more or less common?
    More common. 68,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 70,362 in 2010, up 3.4%.
    What are other spellings of Hubbard?
    Hubbart.