# Stubbs (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stubbs/  
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) | 20,134 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,781 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,335 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (19,068 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /stʌbz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stubbs 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) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stubbs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Stubbs

- Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player
- Levi Stubbs, American singer, actor (1936–2008)
- Imogen Stubbs, British actress
- Frank Stubbs, American ice hockey player (1909–1993)
- Reginald Edward Stubbs, British colonial administrator (1876–1947)
- Sam Stubbs, association football player (born 1998)
- Walter R. Stubbs, American businessman and politician (1858–1929)
- Hal Clement, American author (1922–2003)

## Similar surnames

Stoops, Steeves, Steffes, Steves, Steveson.

## 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.