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    The surname Tibbs

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 7,294 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T120

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tibbs is more common than 97% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Tibbs 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 7,294 people named Tibbs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,329 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,908.

    #4,835
    rank among US surnames
    7,294
    people in 2010
    2.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,690)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,831Huntington7,30642,259
    #4,833Nelms7,30342,277
    #4,834Lindgren7,30042,294
    #4,835Tibbs7,29442,329

    Who is named Tibbs

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

    60% of people named Tibbs identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Tebbs

    Surnames that sound like Tibbs

    Tibbs has the Soundex code T120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T120.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tibbs come from?
    From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Theobald and Isabel.
    How common is the surname Tibbs?
    7,294 people in the United States had the surname Tibbs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,329 Americans. It ranked 4,835th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tibbs?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Tibbs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Tibbs?
    Tibbs is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Tibbs getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,908 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,294 in 2010, up 5.6%.
    What are other spellings of Tibbs?
    Tebbs.