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    The surname Tibbitts

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 1,857 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T132

    Tibbitts: #15,709 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tibbitts #15,709, 1,857 people Tibbitts: #15,709 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tibbitts #15,709, 1,857 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tibbitts is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Tibbitts 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 1,857 people named Tibbitts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,260 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,763.

    #15,709
    rank among US surnames
    1,857
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,299)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,700Vandenbosch1,858166,171
    #15,709Tibbitts1,857166,260
    #15,712Maass1,856166,350

    Who is named Tibbitts

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

    92% of people named Tibbitts identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tibbitts

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

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Tibbitts come from?
    From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Theobald and Isabel.
    How common is the surname Tibbitts?
    1,857 people in the United States had the surname Tibbitts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,260 Americans. It ranked 15,709th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tibbitts?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tibbitts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Tibbitts?
    Tibbitts is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Tibbitts getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,857 in 2010, up 5.3%.