# Hubble (surname)

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

An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,639 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,990 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 84,844 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (3,366 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌbəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hubble 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hubble in the United States.

## People named Hubble

- Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (1889–1953)

## Similar surnames

Hubbell, Hubley, Hively, Havel, Happel, Hefley, Hipple, Habel, Hebel, Hopewell, Heffley, Hafley.

## 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.