The surname Tibbits
An English patronymic surname, carried by 1,643 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T132
Origin
English origin
From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Theobald and Isabel.
Tibbits 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 1,643 people named Tibbits in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,916 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,537.
Who is named Tibbits
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Tibbits identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Tibbits has the Soundex code T132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T132.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Tibbits come from?
- From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Theobald and Isabel.
- How common is the surname Tibbits?
- 1,643 people in the United States had the surname Tibbits in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,916 Americans. It ranked 17,239th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tibbits?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tibbits identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Tibbits?
- Tibbits is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Tibbits getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,643 in 2010, up 6.9%.