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    The surname McCubbin

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,265 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M215

    McCubbin: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCubbin #13,445, 2,265 people McCubbin: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCubbin #13,445, 2,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCubbin is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin, a Gaelicized form of the personal name Gilbert.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,265 people named McCubbin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,138.

    #13,445
    rank among US surnames
    2,265
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,112)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,438Epperly2,267136,191
    #13,440Lerman2,266136,251
    #13,445Boivin2,265136,311
    #13,453Carstensen2,264136,372

    Who is named McCubbin

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

    93% of people named McCubbin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCubbins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Frederick McCubbin
      Australian artist (1855-1917)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCubbin

    McCubbin has the Soundex code M215, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M215.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCubbin come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin, a Gaelicized form of the personal name Gilbert.
    How common is the surname McCubbin?
    2,265 people in the United States had the surname McCubbin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. It ranked 13,445th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCubbin?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McCubbin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named McCubbin?
    Frederick McCubbin, Australian artist (1855-1917).
    Where is the surname McCubbin most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCubbin in Australia.
    Is the surname McCubbin getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,265 in 2010, up 5.9%.