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    The surname Tibbetts

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 6,538 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T132

    Tibbetts: #5,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tibbetts #5,327, 6,538 people Tibbetts: #5,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tibbetts #5,327, 6,538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tibbetts is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Theobald and Isabel.

    Tibbetts is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,538 people named Tibbetts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,223 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,373.

    #5,327
    rank among US surnames
    6,538
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,052)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,324Yin6,54847,151
    #5,325Marlowe6,54347,187
    #5,326Recinos6,54047,209
    #5,327Tibbetts6,53847,223

    Who is named Tibbetts

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

    92% of people named Tibbetts identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Tibbetts

    Tibbetts has the Soundex code T132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T132.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tibbetts come from?
    From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Theobald and Isabel.
    How common is the surname Tibbetts?
    6,538 people in the United States had the surname Tibbetts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,223 Americans. It ranked 5,327th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tibbetts?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tibbetts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    What type of surname is Tibbetts?
    Tibbetts is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Tibbetts getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,538 in 2010, up 2.6%.
    What are other spellings of Tibbetts?
    Tippetts.